Cherd Songsri

Cherd Songsri
เชิด ทรงศรี
Cherd Songsri on the set of his 2001 film, Behind the Painting.
Born	(1931-09-20)September 20, 1931 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Died	May 21, 2006(2006-05-21) (aged 74) Bangkok, Thailand
Occupations	Film director film producer screenwriter
Years active	1960s–2000s
Awards	Three Continents Festival 1981 Golden Montgolfiere award Plae Kao Thailand National Film Association Awards 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award

Cherd Songsri (Thai: เชิด ทรงศรี, September 20, 1931 – May 21, 2006) was a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer. A maker of period films that sought to introduce international audiences to his vision of Thai culture, his best-known work is the 1977 romance film Plae Kao (The Scar), which earned more box-office receipts than any Thai film before it. It won a prize at the 1981 Three Continents Festival in Nantes, France.