Sompote Sands
- Directing
- May 24, 1941 · Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan, Thailand
- August 25, 2021
Biography
The founder of the Thai film production company, Chaiyo Productions, Sompote Saengduenchai (สมโพธิ แสงเดือนฉาย), better known as Sompote Sands (May 24, 1941 - August 25, 2021), was a Thai film director, producer, and special effects artist. He was best known for co-directing and producing two Japanese-Thai co-productions, "Jumborg Ace & Giant" (1974) and "Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen" (1974), as well as other science fiction, fantasy, and horror films including "Hanuman and the Five Riders" (1975), the cult classic "Crocodile" (1980), "Phra Rod Meree" (1981), "Space Warriors 2000" (1985), and the children's film "Magic Lizard" (1985). Beginning in 1996, he was a major part of the licensing rights dispute between Chaiyo Productions and Tsuburaya Productions, the original Japanese studio behind Ultraman, claiming to have co-ownership of the series outside of Japan. On August 25, 2021, Sands passed away from cancer at the age of 80.
Known for
Filmography
- Go, Sompote Sands! · Self
- Project Ultraman · Producer, Director
- Jumborg Ace and Giant (2001 Special Edition) · Executive producer, Director
- Shin Killer Crocodile: Akai kiba · Special Effects Supervisor
- Crocodile Fury · Special Effects
- Magic Lizard · Director, Special Effects
- Krai Thong 2 · Producer, Special Effects
- Space Warriors 2000 · Director, Executive producer
- The Noble War · Director, Producer
- Hanuman and the Eleven Ultramen · Director, Executive producer
- King Suea and Phanthai Norasingh · Executive producer, Special Effects
- Crocodile Therakwad · Producer, Special Effects
- Phra Rot-Meri · Special Effects, Executive producer
- Giant Crocodile · Director, Producer
- Krai Thong · Producer, Special Effects
- Ka Kee · Special Effects, Executive producer
- Crocodile · Director, Producer
- The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army · Photographer at Donna 7 (uncredited), Executive producer
- Crocodile Fangs · Special Effects, Producer
- Land of Grief · Executive producer, Special Effects
- Computer Superman · Special Effects, Executive producer
- Mars Men · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- 7 Days in Beijing · Director
- Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders · Director, Executive producer
- The Ultraman · Photographer at Rising Moon 7, Director
- Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen · Photographer at Donna 7 / Ending Narrator (uncredited), Director
- Yak Wat Jaeng Meets Jumborg Ace · Director, Executive producer
- Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle · Producer's Assistant
- Tah Tien · Director, Producer
- Chalawan · Director, Producer
- King Kong vs. Godzilla · Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
- High and Low · Intern
- Madame Aki · Intern
- Chûshingura · Intern
- King Kong vs. Godzilla · Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
- Monster with a Movie Camera · Director