Anucha Boonyawatana

Anucha Boonyawatana

Known for

Directing

Born

May 4, 1981 (age 45)

Birthplace

Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand

Biography

Anucha Boonyawatana (Thai: อนุชา บุญยวรรธนะ) is a Thai independent filmmaker. Her thesis film, Down the River, won the Young Thai Artist Award and has been shown at several film festivals. Her first feature film, The Blue Hour, premiered at Berlinale Panorama in 2015. In 2017, she won the Best Director award at the Singapore International Film Festival for her second feature film Malila: The Farewell Flower.

Best known work

Not Me

Not Me

2021

Diary of Tootsies

Diary of Tootsies

2016

The Blue Hour

The Blue Hour

2015

Burnout Syndrome

Burnout Syndrome

2025

Malila: The Farewell Flower

Malila: The Farewell Flower

2018

ThirTEEN Terrors

ThirTEEN Terrors

2014

Down the River

Down the River

2004

Halabala

Halabala

2025

Mystique in the Mirror

Mystique in the Mirror

2025

After Dark

After Dark

2020

Filmography

2026
Tame
Producer
2025
Burnout SyndromeTV
Director, Screenplay, Creator
2025
Mystique in the MirrorTV
Script Consultant
2025
Halabala
Producer
2024
The Sweetest TabooTV
Director, Writer
2023
Remembering Fan Chan: Dream a Dream Again
as Self
2021
Not MeTV
Director, Screenplay
2021
ForbiddenTV
Director
2020
After DarkTV
Director
2019
Not a Time to Celebrate
Director
2018
Malila: The Farewell Flower
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor
2016
Diary of TootsiesTV
as Contest Judge (1 episode)
2015
The Blue Hour
Screenplay, Director
2014
ThirTEEN TerrorsTV
Screenplay, Director
2012
Erotic Fragments No. 1, 2, 3
Producer, Screenplay, Director
2004
Down the River
Writer, Director, Editor