Nattawut ‘Baz’ Poonpiriya, the director of 2017 pan-Asian hit “Bad Genius,” has joined forces with Thailand’s main movie studio GDH559 to launch new manufacturing firm BASK.
GDH, a subsidiary of the GMM group, is at present driving one other wave of regional success with comedy-drama “The way to Make Thousands and thousands Earlier than Grandma Dies” breaking field workplace data in Southeast Asian international locations together with Singapore, Vietnam and The Philippines. Earlier this week, the corporate unveiled a powerful production and releasing slate covering the next year.
Co-headed by GDH producer, Vanridee Pongsittisak, BASK says it would work alongside high U.S.-based producers to supply a contemporary perspective on Thai and Asian tradition for world audiences.
“My objective is to be the worldwide voice that speaks louder,” stated Poonpiriya. “With a louder and genuine voice, it signifies that I can converse for extra folks and to extra folks.”
Pongsittisak stated: “Not solely will we carry a wide range of genres and narratives we goal to discover to the world, however we’re additionally dedicated to empowering voices which have been ignored however are deeply passionate. We need to provide them a platform to share their private but universally resonant tales on display.”
The brand new enterprise will co-develop, co-finance and co-produce initiatives with U.S.-based studios and producers similar to Anita Gou from Kindred Spirit (“The Farewell”), and Justin Lin (“Quick & Livid” franchise). It’ll even be concerned in worldwide collaborations, movie festivals, on-line platforms and interactive media.
Following the success of “Unhealthy Genius,” a thriller concerning the machinations of examination dishonest, Poonpiriya went on to direct “One for the Road,” a street journey drama shot in Thailand and New York produced by Wong Kar-wai and which received the World Cinema Dramatic Particular Jury Award on the Sundance Movie Pageant in 2022. The identical yr, Poonpiriya directed two episodes of the Netflix series “Thai Cave Rescue.” He has additionally been attached to Stars Collective, the expertise incubator program backed by China and Los Angeles-based financier Starlight Media.
