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Vichit Kounavudhi

Vichit Kounavudhi
  • Name: Vichit Kounavudhi
  • Birthday: 1922-01-23
  • Also known as: วิจิตร คุณาวุฒิ
  • Place of birth: Chachoengsao, Thailand
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Biography: Born in 1922 in Chachoengsao, Thailand, Vichet Kounavudhi graduated from Vajiravudh College in 1946 and started working as a journalist under the pen name Kounavudhi. He broke into film in 1950, when he was offered the villain's role in Fa Kamnod. From there, he worked as a screenwriter, writing the dialogue for an adaptation of Wannaboon Withayakom's Phrom Bandan. His first screenplay was Santi Weena. In 1978 he wrote and directed the drama, Mia Luang, or First Wife. Next he wrote and directed Khon Phukao, or Mountain People, a docu-drama about Thailand's hill tribes. It is one of his best regarded films. But his most well-known, critically acclaimed film is 1982's Look Isaan, or Son of... Read More

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Kounavudhi   as  Self (archive footage) 2024-02-24