Euthana Mukdasanit is a Thai

Thai people

The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...

 film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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. As a contemporary of Chatrichalerm Yukol

Chatrichalerm Yukol

His Serene Highness Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol is a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer. A prolific director since the 1970s, among his films is the 2001 historical epic, The Legend of Suriyothai. A member of the Thai royal family, his official royal title is Mom Chao, or M.C., the...

, Euthana was among a group of directors that during the 1970s made films that focused on social problems. Among his early efforts was the 1977 docudrama, Tongpan

Tongpan

Tongpan is a 1977 Thai 16 mm black-and-white docudrama that re-creates a seminar that took place in Northeast Thailand in 1975 to discuss the proposed Pa-Mong Dam on the Mekong. Interwoven are sequences depicting a poor farmer, Tongpan, who had lost his land to another dam some years before,...

, which was initially banned in Thailand for its socialist themes.

His 1984 film, Story of Nam Poo, was submitted as Thailand's official entry to the Academy Awards. Butterfly and Flowers

Butterfly and Flowers

Butterfly and Flowers is a 1985 Thai drama film directed by Euthana Mukdasanit, set in Muslim-majority southern Thailand. The film was screened at the 1985 Hawaii International Film Festival, one of the earliest Thai films to gain exposure outside Thailand.The film is adapted from a 1978 novel of...

, an acclaimed drama set in Muslim-majority southern Thailand

Southern Thailand

Southern Thailand is a distinct region of Thailand, connected with the Central region by the narrow Kra Isthmus.-Geography:Southern Thailand is located on the Malay Peninsula, with an area around 70,713 km², bounded to the north by Kra Isthmus as the narrowest part of the peninsula. The...

, was screened and won Best Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival

Hawaii International Film Festival

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 in 1985. He also directed the remake of the 1965 musical comedy film, Ngern Ngern Ngern (Money Money Money), and the romantic drama Sunset at Chaophraya

Sunset at Chaophraya

Sunset at Chaophraya is a 1996 romantic-drama film directed by Euthana Mukdasanit. Adapted from the novel Khu Kam by Thommayanti, the story is a love triangle, set in World War II-era Thailand, and depicts the star-crossed romance between a Imperial Japanese Navy officer and a Thai woman who is...

(1996).

Euthana served as stunt coordinator and third-unit director on Chatrichalerm's The Legend of Suriyothai

The Legend of Suriyothai

The Legend of Suriyothai is a 2001 Thai film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol, telling the story of Queen Suriyothai, who died in a battle in 1548 against Burmese invaders...

, and he also works as an acting coach.

He was awarded the Lotus Award for lifetime achievement by the World Film Festival of Bangkok

World Film Festival of Bangkok

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in 2007.