Pawas Sawatchaiyamet

Biography

Pawas Sawatchaiyamet is a Thai film production designer and producer. Formerly, he was credited as Saksiri Chantarangsri. Sawatchaiyamet started his career as an art director at Siam Studio, one of the earliest local Production House making TVC in Thailand. Pawas attended the New York Institute of Technologies where he pursued his Masters Degree, concentrating on Film and Television production. He returned to Thailand and made his debut as a feature-length film art director with 6ixtynin9 (Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, 1999). In 2006, Pawas started his own company, Local Color Films (now Color Films). 7 Nights (2008), a film by Naomi Kawase, was one of the early films he produced. Soon after, Pawas produced Sawasdee Bangkok, a collection of nine short stories depicting Bangkok from different perspectives. His other producing credits include The Red Eagle (2010), Nymph (2009), and Headshot (2011). From year 2019 onwards, Pawas has earned the Production Design credits from projects in streaming companies like Netflix & Amazon Prime. (Taken from colorfilms.co.th About Me page.)