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 (Muang maya, krung tida). 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 (Muang maya, krung tida, 1999) Concrete Clouds, ภวังค์รัก (2013)
As film editor Blissfully Yours (2002) One Night Husband (2003) Sayew (2003) Fake (2003) Tropical Malady (2004) Shutter (2004) Midnight My Love (2005) Ghost of Mae Nak (2005, contributing) The Elephant King (2006) Graceland (2006) Syndromes and a Century (2006) The Sperm (2007) Wonderful Town (2007) Love of Siam (2007) Block B (2008) A Moment in June (2009) Karaoke (2009) Mundane History (2009) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) Hellgate (2011) Home (2012) Cemetery of Splendour (2015) Apprentice (2016) Pop Aye (2017) Malila: The Farewell Flower (2017) Manta Ray (2018) So Long, My Son (2019) The Cave (2019) Taste (2021) Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021) Yuni (2021) Memoria (2021) All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023)
As sound editor Blissfully Yours (2002) One Night Husband (2003) Sayew (2003) Tropical Malady (2004)
As post-production supervisor Invisible Waves (2005) Twelve Twenty (For Jeonju International Film Festival's Digital Short Films by Three Directors project, 2006)
Awards and nominations +AwardYearCategory Nominated workResultAsian Film Awards2007Best EditorSyndromes and a Century2010Best EditorKaraoke2017Best EditorApprentice 2020Best EditorSo Long, My SonChinese Film Media Awards2019Best Film EditingChicago Film Critics Association Awards2023Best EditingAll Dirt Roads Taste of SaltChlotrudis Awards2017Best Editing Cemetery of SplendorBusan International Film Festival2013Best FilmConcrete Clouds (ภวังค์รัก)Edinburg International Film Festival 2014Best International Feature FilmInternational Film Festival RotterdamTiger AwardShanghai International Film FestivalAsian New Talent Award - Best FilmTaipei Film FestivalInternational New Talent Competition - Grand PrizeVesoul Asian Film FestivalGolden Wheel Suphannahong National Film Awards2021Best Editing Where We Belong Best Editing Manta Ray (กระเบนราหู) 2018Best Editing Pop Aye2017Best Editing By the Time It Gets Dark (ดาวคะนอง)2015Best Editing Concrete Clouds (ภวังค์รัก) Best Director Best Screenplay 2008Best Editing Love of Siam (กแห่งสยาม) Maya Awards2022Best Editing Yuni Best Editing Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay CashQCinema International Film Festival2019Best Artistic Achievement Nakorn-Sawan
References
External links Houdini Studio, Lee Chatametikool's post-production company
Lee Chatametikool interview at YouTube from the 2007 Sarajevo Film Festival