DECHA SIMANTRA (Director of Photography), ANDREW PERRY (Location Manager)

DECHA SIMANTRA (Director of Photography) began his career in the entertainment industry fifteen years ago as an assistant to the director of photography on a teleivision commercial. A self taught camera man and cinematographer, Simantra went on to shoot commercials for seven years before directing his first film, Olpatiga. As director photography on the original Thai production of Bangkok Dangerous, he earned a best cinematography nomination from the Thailand National Film Association. He has worked with the Pang Brothers on films including The Eye, The Eye 2, The Eye 10, Re-cycle and The Tesseract, which won him the Best Cinematography Award from Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival. He has also directed a number of Thai movies, including Kote Rak Eng Loei.

ANDREW PERRY (Location Manager) is an Australian who has been living in Thailand for almost ten years. He started his career in Thailand with Living Film Co. nine years ago. He is fluent in Thai and has worked as art director, location manager, assistant to production manager, production runner, second assistant director, and production assistant on various productions. His previous credits include Columbia-Tristar’s Vampires 3 and Sniper 3.

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