Living Films is an international film production company based in Thailand. They have produced feature films, documentaries, commercials, and television series including The Hangover Part II, Shanghai (2010 film), and Changeland. Its most recent projects include the Netflix / BBC TV series The Serpent (TV series), the Netflix film Fistful of Vengeance, Ron Howard’s film Thirteen Lives, episodes of Disney’s series Ms. Marvel (miniseries), and the FX series Alien: Earth.
History Living Films was founded by Chris Lowenstein in 1996. Lowenstein studied film at Beloit College in Wisconsin and began his career as a production assistant for Gus Van Sant working on the film My Own Private Idaho. He also worked as a production assistant for the Thailand filming of Heaven & Earth in 1993. After similar work with the films Operation Dumbo Drop and The Quest, Lowenstein opened his own production company in Chiang Mai. Oliver Ackermann joined Living Films in 2002 and is a partner and producer. Apinat “Obb” Siricharoenjit is also a managing partner and a line producer. Living Films produces feature films, commercials, still-photo shoots and television projects.
In 2006, during the filming of Bangkok Dangerous starring Nicolas Cage, the ruling government of Thailand was overthrown. In 2013, A fire broke out on the set of No Escape (then called The Coup) starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, and Lake Bell. There were no injuries to cast and production had wrapped for the day. The fire was thought to have been caused by faulty power supply.
Filmography Film +YearTitleNotes 1997 With Hope and Help Documentary 2002 City of Ghosts 2003 The Medallion Co-production with Emperor Group 2004 Simon Sacred Planet Co-production with Walt Disney Pictures; IMAX documentary feature 2005 Vampires: The Turning 2007 Paperbird 2008 Angel Bangkok Dangerous Co-production with Saturn Films and Blue Star Entertainment2009 No Love in the City The Marine 2 Co-production with WWE Studios and 20th Century Fox Formosa Betrayed2010 Nomads How About Love Crossing Salween Shanghai Co-production with Phoenix Pictures 2011 Whores' Glory Killing the Chickens, to Scare the Monkeys Short film The Hangover Part II Co-production with Legendary Entertainment 2012 Dzhungli Teddy Bear2013 Kill Buljo 2 Gutted 2014 2015 Twilight over Burma River The Man with the Iron Fists 2 Co-production with Arcade Pictures No Escape Co-production with Bold Films2016 In the Blood Hard Target 2 Gold Co-production with Boies/Schiller Films The 5th Wave Co-production with Columbia Pictures, GK Films, and LStar Capital 2017 Women, Drugs and Kathmandu Documentary 2019 Changeland Co-production with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios 2020 Tremors: Shrieker Island Co-production with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2021 InfiniteProduction with Paramount Pictures 2022 Thirteen LivesProduction with Imagine Entertainment 2022 Fistful of Vengeance 2022The Gray Man (2022 film) 2022The Greatest Beer Run Ever 2022Tár 2024Mother of the Bride
Television
+YearTitleNotes 2005 Mysterious Island Hallmark Channel TV movie 2005–08 Matrioshki 2006 Blackbeard Hallmark Channel TV movie2010 20 to One Survivor 2013 The Hunters Hallmark Channel TV movie 2015 The Legacy 2021 The Serpent (TV series) 2022 Ms. Marvel (miniseries) 2025 Alien: Earth
References
External links Official website Living Films on IMDb