Lee Chatametikool
Lee Chatametikool | |
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| ลี ชาตะเมธีกุล | |
| Education | Hampshire College |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
Lee Chatametikool (Thai: ลี ชาตะเมธีกุล) is a Thai film editor and sound editor. He is a frequent collaborator with Apichatpong Weerasethakul and other Thai independent directors, but has also worked on commercial films, including the hit Thai horror film, Shutter.
Lee studied filmmaking in the United States. He has been active since 1999, when he directed a short film, Miami Strips, Hollywood Dreams (Muang maya, krung tida). The film was the runner-up winner of the Rattana Pestonji Award for Best Thai Short Film at the 2000 Thai Short Film and Video Festival.
He has worked with Apichatpong Weerasethakul on five films: Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady, Syndromes and a Century, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Memoria. At the inaugural Asian Film Awards in 2007 in Hong Kong, Lee won the Best Editor award for Syndromes and a Century.
In 2002, Lee founded his own post-production company, Houdini Studio.
Filmography
As director
- Miami Strips, Hollywood Dreams (Muang maya, krung tida, 1999)
- Concrete Clouds, ภวังค์รัก (2013)
As film editor
- Blissfully Yours (2002)
- One Night Husband (2003)
- Sayew (2003)
- Fake (2003)
- Tropical Malady (2004)
- Shutter (2004)
- Midnight My Love (2005)
- Ghost of Mae Nak (2005, contributing)
- The Elephant King (2006)
- Graceland (2006)
- Syndromes and a Century (2006)
- The Sperm (2007)
- Wonderful Town (2007)
- Love of Siam (2007)
- Block B (2008)
- A Moment in June (2009)
- Karaoke (2009)
- Mundane History (2009)
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
- Hellgate (2011)
- Home (2012)
- Cemetery of Splendour (2015)
- Apprentice (2016)
- Pop Aye (2017)
- Malila: The Farewell Flower (2017)
- Manta Ray (2018)
- So Long, My Son (2019)
- The Cave (2019)
- Taste (2021)
- Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021)
- Yuni (2021)
- Memoria (2021)
- All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023)
As sound editor
- Blissfully Yours (2002)
- One Night Husband (2003)
- Sayew (2003)
- Tropical Malady (2004)
As post-production supervisor
- Invisible Waves (2005)
- Twelve Twenty (For Jeonju International Film Festival's Digital Short Films by Three Directors project, 2006)
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| Asian Film Awards | 2007 | Best Editor | Syndromes and a Century | Won | [1] |
| 2010 | Best Editor | Karaoke | Won | [2][3] | |
| 2017 | Best Editor | Apprentice (shared with Natalie Soh) | Won | [4] | |
| 2020 | Best Editor | So Long, My Son | Nominated | [5] | |
| Chinese Film Media Awards | 2019 | Best Film Editing | Nominated | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 2023 | Best Editing | All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | Nominated | |
| Chlotrudis Awards | 2017 | Best Editing | Cemetery of Splendor | Nominated | [6] |
| Busan International Film Festival | 2013 | Best Film | Concrete Clouds (ภวังค์รัก) | Nominated | [7] |
| Edinburg International Film Festival | 2014 | Best International Feature Film | Nominated | [8] | |
| International Film Festival Rotterdam | Tiger Award | Nominated | [9] | ||
| Shanghai International Film Festival | Asian New Talent Award - Best Film | Nominated | [10] | ||
| Taipei Film Festival | International New Talent Competition - Grand Prize | Nominated | [11][12] | ||
| Vesoul Asian Film Festival | Golden Wheel | Nominated | |||
| Suphannahong National Film Awards | 2021 | Best Editing | Where We Belong (shared with Harin Paesongthai) | Won | |
| Best Editing | Manta Ray (กระเบนราหู) (shared with Harin Paesongthai) | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Best Editing | Pop Aye | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Best Editing | By the Time It Gets Dark (ดาวคะนอง) | Won | [13] | |
| 2015 | Best Editing | Concrete Clouds (ภวังค์รัก) | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Won | [14] | |||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
| 2008 | Best Editing | Love of Siam (กแห่งสยาม) (shared with Chookiat Sakveerakul) | Nominated | ||
| Maya Awards | 2022 | Best Editing | Yuni (shared with Cesa David Luckmansyah) | Won | |
| Best Editing | Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash | Nominated | |||
| QCinema International Film Festival | 2019 | Best Artistic Achievement | Nakorn-Sawan | Won | [15][16][17] |
References
- ^ Paquet, Darcy (2007-03-20). "'Host' wins most at Asian Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
- ^ "4th – Asian Film Awards Academy". Retrieved 2026-03-10.
- ^ "A list of winners at the 4th Asian Film Awards". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
- ^ Barker, Christian (March 22, 2017). "The Best & Worst Dressed Men At The 2017 Asian Film Awards". Forbes. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
- ^ "14th – Asian Film Awards Academy". Retrieved 2026-03-10.
- ^ "2017, 23rd Annual Awards". Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film. 2026-01-31. Retrieved 2026-03-08.
- ^ Noh, Jean (September 3, 2013). "Busan reveals 2013 line-up". Screen. Archived from the original on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2026-03-08.
- ^ Skwigly (2014-05-28). "EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2014 PROGRAMME". Skwigly Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (2013-12-10). "Rotterdam 2014: First Five Films Picked for Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
- ^ Shackleton, Liz. "Shanghai fest unveils competition line-up". Screen. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
- ^ Shackleton, Liz. "Taipei fest unveils new talent line-up". Screen. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (2014-05-01). "Taipei Festival Sets New Features Competition". Variety. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
- ^ Rithdee, Kong (March 7, 2017). "Surprise Subannahongsa win for Dao Khanong". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
- ^ "'เก้า-เต้ย' คว้านักแสดงนำสุพรรณหงส์ 'ภวังค์รัก' ม้ามืดได้หนังยอดเยี่ยม". Thairath (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ^ "QCinema 2019 winners bared; Janine Gutierrez named Best Actress". PEP.ph. Retrieved 2026-03-08.
- ^ "Stop-motion film wins QCinema". BusinessWorld Online. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2026-03-08.
- ^ "Complete winners: QCinema International Film Festival 2019". ABS-CBN News. October 18, 2019.
External links
- Houdini Studio, Lee Chatametikool's post-production company
- Lee Chatametikool at IMDb
- Lee Chatametikool interview at YouTube from the 2007 Sarajevo Film Festival