★ HOW OLD IS ANOCHA SUWICHAKORNPONG?
Anocha Suwichakornpong is 50 years old, born January 1, 1976 in Thailand · Capricorn.
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About
Anocha Suwichakornpong directs feminist films rooted in Thai political history—sharp, uncompromising, internationally acclaimed. Born in Thailand in 1976, she's now a professor at Columbia University teaching MFA directing, having previously lectured at Harvard. Her feature films include By the Time It Gets Dark (2016) and Come Here (2021). A Capricorn [birth fact], she won the 2019 Prince Claus Award for pioneering intellectual feminist filmmaking.
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Biography
Anocha Suwichakornpong is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and producer born in 1976. She holds a Life Path 7 numerology profile—aligned with her introspective, research-driven approach to cinema. As a screenwriter and director, she constructs narratives informed by Thailand's socio-political history, challenging hegemonic filmmaking conventions.
She has directed four feature films and over a dozen shorts. Her major works include Come Here (2021), By the Time It Gets Dark (2016), and Mundane History (2010). Her retrospectives have been mounted at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, TIFF Cinematheque in Toronto, Cinema Moderne in Montreal, and Olhar De Cinema in Brazil.
Since joining Columbia University's Film MFA program as a professor, she advises thesis students and teaches directing. She previously held a Visiting Lecturer position at Harvard in Art, Film, and Visual Studies. In 2019, she received the Prince Claus Award, which recognized her for "pioneering a mode of intellectual feminist filmmaking, courageously and convincingly challenging hegemonic practices and established conventions, both in filmmaking and in society". In 2020, Thailand's Office of Contemporary Art and Culture awarded her the Silpathorn Award for living artists. She was selected for the Creative Capital Award in 2024.
A Capricorn [birth fact], she splits her time between Brooklyn, NY and Bangkok. Colleagues and friends call her by her nickname, Mai.
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Trivia
- Her films have received retrospectives at major institutions including the Museum of the Moving Image, TIFF Cinematheque, Cinema Moderne, and Olhar De Cinema.
- She was awarded the 2019 Prince Claus Award specifically for pioneering intellectual feminist filmmaking and challenging established conventions in cinema.
- Friends, colleagues, and fans commonly refer to her by the Thai nickname Mai, which is standard in Thai culture.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Seeker
Analytical and private. Anocha Suwichakornpong release rarely but deeply, and tend to reward fans with unusual artistic depth rather than constant output.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- Seol In-ahRat · 1996
- Rae Lil BlackRat · 1996
- IsaacMonkey · 2004
- Yung GravyRat · 1996
- Robbie UreMonkey · 2004
CHALLENGING
- Alexander GouldDog · 1994
- Jean-Carl Boucher
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Frequently asked
- How old is Anocha Suwichakornpong?
- Anocha Suwichakornpong is 50 years old (born January 1, 1976).
- When is Anocha Suwichakornpong's birthday?
- Anocha Suwichakornpong was born on January 1, 1976.
- What is Anocha Suwichakornpong's zodiac sign?
- Anocha Suwichakornpong is a Capricorn, born January 1, 1976.
- What is Anocha Suwichakornpong's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Anocha Suwichakornpong was born in 1976, the year of the Fire Dragon.
- Where is Anocha Suwichakornpong from?
- Anocha Suwichakornpong is from Thailand.
- What does Anocha Suwichakornpong do?
- Anocha Suwichakornpong is a writer.
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