Bhandit Rittakol

Bhandit Rittakol
บัณฑิต ฤทธิ์ถกล
Born
Bhandit Leetrakul

(1951-03-21)21 March 1951
Ban Paen, Sena, Ayutthaya, Thailand
Died1 October 2009(2009-10-01) (aged 58)
Vajira Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1984–2010
SpouseNanthana Rittakol

Bhandit Rittakol (Thai: บัณฑิต ฤทธิ์ถกล, b. 21 March 1951[1] in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand d. 1 October 2009 in Bangkok[2]) was an award-winning Thai film director, producer and screenwriter. His films include the controversial biographical film of Thai communist revolutionary Seksan Prasertkul, The Moonhunter; the jungle thriller Tigress of King River and The Seed (Duay Klao or Thai: ด้วยเกล้า), a semi-documentary story of Isan farmers hit by drought who are saved by cloud seeding operations sponsored by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, as well as the Boonchu teen comedy series of the 1980s and 1990s.

  1. ^ Thairath Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, (retrieved 8 October 2009).
  2. ^ "Boonchu director dies"[permanent dead link], The Nation (retrieved 1 October 2009).