Nationality Thai Name Jumpoth Ruayjaroensap | Years active 2008–present | |
Born 23 January 1972 (age 52) ( 1972-01-23 ) Occupation Film Director, Managing Director of Mae-Ruay Snack Food Factory Co Ltd | ||
Biography
Jumpoth Ruayjaroensap (Tom) (Thai: จุมภฏ รวยเจริญทรัพย์) was born on 23 January 1972. His life has two aspects. One is business; he is a managing director of his family business, the well-known snack brand of Thailand 'Koh Kae'. Another is art; he loves to draw and paint, then to make a film.
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After he graduated B.A. and M.B.A. from Schiller International University, U.K. and traveled around Europe, Asia and America, he founded Koh Film, his own film studios, to make and screen his first experimental short film 'Mun...Z Happen' in 2009. As an executive producer, he produced the film project 'Do Man Tham' to support other 4 new comers Thai film directors making their short films and screened with his one. He also sponsors other Thai Independent filmmakers ex. Apichartpong Weerasethakul, Lee Chatametikool,etc. His latest work is a trilogy of short films under a title 'SUR-REAL'; Sur-Real, Sur-Luck and Sur-Love. They just screened exclusively in limited theatres in Bangkok and another capital cities in Thailand on November 27, 2014.
Filmography
Sur-Real is a trilogy short films. The title consists of Victim (Sur-Real, festival submission name), Underground (Sur-Luck, festival submission name) and Love is blindness (Sur-Love, festival submission name)
Mun... Z Happen is compose of 5 short films Space(Dramatic), To May(Romantic), Finish line(Inspriation), So cool(Satire), Poison(Black comedy).