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 Sakveerakul
ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล
Chookiat at the premiere of The Love of Siam in November 2007
Born	(1981-03-15)March 15, 1981 Chiang Mai, Thailand
Other names	Ma-Deaw Matthew
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Notable work	13 Beloved Pisaj

Chookiat's first feature-length film was an ensemble drama, The Passenger of Li, which was an independent production. His next film Pisaj, a 2004 horror film, was 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 at film festivals.^[1]

He graduated from Montfort College in Chiang Mai.

Filmography

Screenwriter

• Body (Co-writer with Paween Purikitpanya) (2007)
• Chocolate (Co-writer with Nepalee Sakveerakul) (2008)
• Gossip Girl: Thailand (2015)
• Slam Dance (2017)
• Inhuman Kiss (2019)
• The Fabric (2022)

Director

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

Writer and director

• The Passenger of Li
• Pisaj (Evil) (2004)
• 13 Beloved (2006)
• The Love of Siam (2007)
• Home: Love, Happiness, Remembrance (2012)
• Grean Fictions (2013)
• The Eyes Diary (2014)
• Dew, Let's Go Together (2019)
• Triage (2022)
• Mondo (2023)
• Taklee Genesis (2024)
• Club Friday Hot Love Issue: Domestic Incident (2024)