Sompote Sands
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.
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Films (36)
Go, Sompote Sands!
2013 · Himself
Project Ultraman
2006 · Producer
Jumborg Ace and Giant (2001 Special Edition)
2001 · Executive Producer, Director
Shin Killer Crocodile: Akai kiba
1993 · Special Effects Supervisor
Crocodile Fury
1988 · Special Effects
Magic Lizard
1985 · Director, Special Effects, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Krai Thong 2
1985 · Producer, Special Effects
Space Warriors 2000
1985 · Director, Executive Producer
The Noble War
1984 · Director, Special Effects, Executive Producer
Hanuman and the Eleven Ultramen
1984 · Director, Executive Producer
King Suea and Phanthai Norasingh
1982 · Executive Producer, Special Effects
Crocodile Therakwad
1982 · Producer, Special Effects
Phra Rot-Meri
1981 · Special Effects, Executive Producer
Giant Crocodile
1980 · Director, Producer, Special Effects
Krai Thong
1980 · Producer, Special Effects
Ka Kee
1980 · Special Effects, Executive Producer
Crocodile
1979 · Director, Producer, Special Effects
The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army
1979 · Photographer at Donna 7 (uncredited), Executive Producer, Director, Screenplay
Crocodile Fangs
1978 · Special Effects, Producer, Visual Effects Director
Land of Grief
1978 · Executive Producer, Special Effects
Computer Superman
1977 · Special Effects, Executive Producer
Mars Men
1976 · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
7 Days in Beijing
1975 · Director
Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders
1975 · Director, Executive Producer, Special Effects
The Ultraman
1975 · Photographer at Rising Moon 7, Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen
1974 · Photographer at Donna 7 / Ending Narrator (uncredited), Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Yak Wat Jaeng Meets Jumborg Ace
1974 · Director, Executive Producer
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1973 · Producer's Assistant
Tah Tien
1973 · Director, Producer, Special Effects
Chalawan
1972 · Director, Producer
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 · Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Intern
High and Low
1963 · Intern
Madame Aki
1963 · Intern
Chûshingura
1962 · Intern
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Intern
Monster with a Movie Camera
· Director
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