| Yuthlert Sippapak | |
| Native Name: | ยุทธเลิศ สิปปภาค |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Birth Date: | November 8, 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Loei, Thailand |
| Website: | Mahaganfilms.com |
Yuthlert Sippapak (th|ยุทธเลิศ สิปปภาค, born November 8, 1966) is a Thai film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his genre-blending films Killer Tattoo (comedy and action) and Buppah Rahtree (comedy and horror).
Yuthlert Sippapak was born on November 8, 1966, in Loei, Thailand. He graduated from Silpakorn University, with a bachelor's degree in interior design. He then went to study at The Art Student League of New York and learned to be a filmmaker by reading books in Barnes & Noble bookstore.[1] Sippapak returned to Thailand in the 1990s to develop his film career.[2]
He began his film career screenwriting for O-Negative (Roothum 1998) before transitioning to directing. His directorial debut was the 2001 film Killer Tattoo, a low-budget independent production that was initially overlooked by mainstream audiences and critics.[3]
Sippapak is known for his distinctive style, which often features exaggerated action sequences, dark humour, and horror elements. His 2007 film Ghost Station, a comedy about a pair of gay men, appears to parody Brokeback Mountain.[4]
His 2011 action-comedy Friday Killer (Thai: Meu Puen Dao Prasook) won the Jury Prize and the award for Best Cinematography at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival.[5] It is the first part of hitman trilogy Meu Puen 3 Pak, followed by Saturday Killer (Thai: Meu Puen Dao Prasao) and Sunday Killer (Thai: Meu Puen Pra-athit).[6]
In addition to his work in film, Sippapak also served as a judge in season 7 of the reality TV show Thailand's Got Talent.[7]