Chookiat Sakveerakul

Chookiat Sakveerakul (Thai: ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล, rtgs: Chukiat Sakwirakun), born 1981 in Chiang Mai, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is also credited as Ma-Deaw Chukiatsakwirakul or Matthew Chukiat Sakwirakul.
Chookiat's first feature-length film was an ensemble drama, The Passenger of Li, which was an independent production. His next film was Pisaj, a 2004 horror film produced by Sahamongkol Film International. Chookiat garnered critical acclaim for this next film, 13 Beloved, a gritty drama about a deadly underground reality television game, which won several awards in Thailand and from film festivals.
He graduated from Montfort College in Chiang Mai.

Writer

• Body (Co-writer with Paween Purikitpanya) (2007)
• Chocolate (Co-writer with Nepalee Sakveerakul) (2008)

Director

• 4 Romance (Segment "Dream/Fun" ) (2008)

Writer & Director

• The Passenger of Li
• Pisaj (Evil) (2004)
• 13 Beloved (2006)
• The Love of Siam (2007)
• Home: Love, Happiness, Remembrance (2012)
• Grean Fictions (2013)