Director
Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
February 18, 1967 · Thailand
Yongyoot Thongkongtoon is a Thai film director, producer, and screenwriter. He made his debut in 2000 with the sports comedy The Iron Ladies. He graduated from Chulalongkorn University, with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Arts (Broadcasting), in Bangkok. His debut feature in 2000 was The Iron Ladies, a fact-based sports comedy about a volleyball team of gay and transgender men. The film won several awards in Thailand and at film festivals, including the Thailand National Film Association Awards and a special mention Teddy Award at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival. Yongyoot also directed the sequel, The Iron Ladies 2, in 2003.
In 2004, he directed Maid a spy spoof in which maids are recruited for a top-secret government intelligence agency. It was his first release under the new studio GTH, formed by the merger of GMM Grammy's GMM Pictures, producer Visute Poolvoralaks' Tai Entertainment and producer-director Jira Maligool's Hub Ho Hin production company.
Often works with
Jarupus Pattamasiri
5 titles together
Seasons Change, Best of Times, M.A.I.D.
Maneerat Kam-Uan
4 titles together
4bia, Best of Times, Seven Something
Panissara Arayaskul
4 titles together
Seasons Change, Seven Something, M.A.I.D.
Attharut Kongrasri
3 titles together
4bia, Best of Times, Lieutenant Opas
Focus Jirakul
3 titles together
My Girl, Seven Something, The Possible
Kokkorn Benjathikoon
3 titles together
The Iron Ladies, The Iron Ladies 2, Metrosexual
Full filmography · 15
Star
Director
2015
Keetarajaniphon
Director
2015
Understanding Friend
Director
2013
Seven Something
as Award Attendees (segment "21/28")
2012
Best of Times
Director
2009
4bia
Director
20086.2
The Possible
as Gruel Restaurant Owner
2006
Seasons Change
as Pom's Dad's Costumer
2006
Metrosexual
Director
2006
M.A.I.D.
as Owner of Soft Boiled Rice and Director
2004
My Girl
as Tee's Father
20037.9
The Iron Ladies 2
Director
2003