Cherd Songsri

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Scar (1977) — Director
2. Muen and Rid (1994) — Director
3. Behind the Painting (2001) — Director
4. Southern Winds (1993) — Director
5. Thawiphop (1990) — Director
6. Puen-Paeng (1983) — Director
7. Ploy Talay (1987) — Director
8. Lued Suphan (1979) — Director
9. Ruen Mayura (1996) — Director