Mingmongkol Sonakul facts for kids

Mom Luang Mingmongkol Sonakul (มิ่งมงคล โสณกุล) is a talented film producer and director from Thailand. She was born in Bangkok in 1971. She is known for making interesting and often unique movies.

Mingmongkol Sonakul leads her own film company, Dedicate Ltd. Through her company, she has helped create many films. She has worked with famous directors like Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.

About Mingmongkol Sonakul

Her Journey in Film

Mingmongkol Sonakul is the daughter of Chatumongol Sonakul. She loved films from a young age. To learn more, she studied film at the San Francisco Art Institute.

After her studies, she gained experience at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This helped her learn about different types of art and films. Later, she returned to Thailand to start her own filmmaking career.

Her Unique Film Style

As a director, Mingmongkol Sonakul likes to try new things. Her films are often experimental. This means they explore new ways of telling stories.

For example, her first feature film was called I-San Special. In this movie, she used sounds from a radio soap opera. These sounds were played over scenes of passengers on a bus. The bus was traveling from Bangkok to Isan.

Another film she co-directed is 3 Friends (2005). This movie starred Napakpapha Nakprasitte. It mixed ideas from fun video CDs with reality TV shows. It showed the actress and her friends enjoying a beach vacation.

Films She Produced and Directed

Mingmongkol Sonakul has worked on many films. She has taken on roles as both a producer and a director.

As a Producer

As a producer, she helps make sure films get made. She handles many parts of the filmmaking process.

• The River of Chao Phraya (1998)
• Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
• I-San Special (2002)
• One Night Husband (2003)
• The Tin Mine (2005)
• 3 Friends (2005)
• Invisible Waves (2006)
• Twelve Twenty (2006)
• Alone (2007)

As a Director

As a director, she guides the actors and crew. She brings the story to life on screen.

• I-San Special (2002)
• 3 Friends (2005)