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Jira Maligool

Producer, Actor, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn February 24, 1961 (65 years)
Jira Maligool is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. graduated in 1983 from Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Communication Arts, where he majored in film and photography. While still a student, he worked as a music video and movie commercial director.

In 1991, he co-founded his own film studio, Hub Ho Hin Bangkok (later Hub Ho Hin Films). In 2003, it was merged with GMM Grammy's film division GMM Pictures and Visute Poolvoralaks' company Tai Entertainment to form GMM Tai Hub (or GTH). In 2016, he became key person for GDH 559 a film studio that successor to GTH.

He was also behind the hit 2003 film, My Girl, a nostalgic look at childhood in 1980s Thailand. The film's ensemble of six directors – were students of Jira, who taught as a part-time professor in photography and cinematography classes at Chulalongkorn University. Two of those directors, Komgrit and Songyos, went on to direct hit films, Komgrit helming the romantic comedy Dear Dakanda in 2005 and Songyos with the hit 2006 thriller Dorm.

Known For

  • Bad Genius
  • Friend Zone
  • Home for Rent
  • How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
  • Bangkok Traffic (Love) Story
  • Brother of the Year
  • Delete (2023)
  • The Teacher's Diary
  • ATM: Er Rak Error
  • Mad Unicorn
  • I Fine..Thank You Love You
  • OMG! Oh My Girl
  • SuckSeed
  • Ghost Lab
  • The Tin Mine
  • The Paradise of Thorns
  • The Billionaire
  • Countdown
  • Heart Attack
  • The Con-Heartist
  • One Day
  • The Iron Ladies
  • Flat Girls
  • Seven Something

Filmography

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