Chookiat Sakveerakul

Chookiat Sakveerakul (ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล, ), 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 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.

He graduated from Montfort College in Chiang Mai.

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)