Lee Chatametikool
Lee Chatametikool is a Thai film editor and sound editor. He is a frequent collaborator with Apichatpong Weerasethakul and other Thai independent directors, but has also worked on commercial films, including the hit Thai horror film, Shutter.
Lee studied filmmaking in the United States. He has been active since 1999, when he directed a short film, Miami Strips, Hollywood Dreams. The film was the runner-up winner of the Rattana Pestonji Award for Best Thai Short Film at the 2000 Thai Short Film and Video Festival.
He has worked with Apichatpong Weerasethakul on five films: Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady, Syndromes and a Century, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Memoria. At the inaugural Asian Film Awards in 2007 in Hong Kong, Lee won the Best Editor award for Syndromes and a Century.
In 2002, Lee founded his own post-production company, Houdini Studio.
Filmography
As director
Miami Strips, Hollywood Dreams- ''Concrete Clouds, ภวังค์รัก''
As film editor
Blissfully Yours One Night Husband Sayew Fake Tropical Malady Shutter Midnight My Love Ghost of Mae Nak The Elephant King Graceland Syndromes and a Century The Sperm Wonderful Town Love of Siam Block B A Moment in June Karaoke Mundane History Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Hellgate Home Cemetery of Splendour Apprentice- Pop Aye Malila: The Farewell Flower Manta Ray So Long, My Son The Cave Taste Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash Yuni
- Memoria
- ''All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt''
As sound editor
Blissfully Yours One Night Husband Sayew- ''Tropical Malady''
As post-production supervisor
Invisible Waves- ''Twelve Twenty''