Yongyoot Thongkongtoon

Yongyoot Thongkongtoon is a Thai film director producer and screenwriter He made his debut in 2000 with the sports comedy The Iron Ladies He graduated from Chulalongkorn University with a Bachelors degree in Communication Arts Broadcasting in Bangkok His debut feature in 2000 was The Iron Ladies a factbased sports comedy about a volleyball team of gay and transgender men The film won several awards in Thailand and at film festivals including the Thailand National Film Association Awards and a special mention Teddy Award at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival Yongyoot also directed the sequel The Iron Ladies 2 in 2003 In 2004 he directed Maid a spy spoof in which maids are recruited for a topsecret government intelligence agency It was his first release under the new studio GTH formed by the merger of GMM Grammys GMM Pictures producer Visute Poolvoralaks Tai Entertainment and producerdirector Jira Maligools Hub Ho Hin production company This was followed by the 2006 romantic comedydrama Metrosexual about a group of women trying to figure out if the fiance of one of their friends is a closeted gay He currently works at three film and media companies as Senior Creative Producer at Sanookdee Thaweesuk cofounder Senior Director of Marketing Communications and Senior Director of International Business Department at GDH 559 and cofounder of Hub Ho Hin Bangkok