Biography
Early career
Oxide, the older of the two by 15 minutes, started his career in Bangkok, at Kantana Group's film labs as a telecine colorist. He made his first film, the experimental karmic thriller, ''Who Is Running?'', in 1997. It was for the in 1998.
Danny is well known as a film editor, and has worked on a number of films, including ''The Storm Riders'' and the ''Infernal Affairs'' series.
They first teamed up to write and direct the film, ''Bangkok Dangerous'', in 1999. The film won the FIPRESCI Award at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for best film and best editing at the Thailand National Film Association Awards.
They then made '''', which gained the Pangs wider critical acclaim. They made two sequels, ''The Eye 2'' and ''The Eye 10''. An of ''The Eye'' was produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner and stars Jessica Alba.
Aside from ''The Eye'' and other horror films, the Pangs made two more edgy Thai crime films in the same vein as ''Bangkok Dangerous'', Danny with ''1+1=0'' and Oxide with ''Som and Bank: Bangkok for Sale''. Together the three crime films form a loose "Bangkok Trilogy".
Working style
When the Pangs work together, they direct scenes in the film independently of each other. Oxide Pang explains:
Recent films
Their 2006 horror film, ''Re-cycle'', was the closing film in the Un Certain Regard competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The film reunited the brothers with Angelica Lee, the star of ''The Eye''.
Among their other projects are a Hollywood-backed, English-language film, a thriller called ''The Messengers'', starring John Corbett, which was released in theaters on February 2, 2006, and starring Nicolas Cage.
Oxide produced a remake of ''Who Is Running?'' in 2005, called ''The Remaker'', with Mona Nahm directing. He has completed a solo project, '''', released in 2006. Another solo project for Oxide is '''', starring Aaron Kwok, about a detective trying to find a woman, with the only clue being a photograph of her.
Danny also completed a solo project, '''', a thriller about an enchanted forest. Another solo project by Danny, ''In Love with the Dead'', opened in Hong Kong cinemas on November 29, 2007.
Both ''Diary'' and ''Forest of Death'', as well as ''Re-cycle'', were picked up for distribution in the United Kingdom by Image Entertainment.
Personal lives
Oxide Pang and actress Angelica Lee are in a relationship and were rumored to be engaged, but marriage plans have been put on hold.
Filmography
Pang Brothers
* ''Bangkok Dangerous''
* ''''
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* ''The Eye 2''
* ''The Eye 10''
* ''Re-cycle''
* ''The Messengers''
* ''''
* ''The Storm Warriors''
Oxide Pang
As director
* ''Who Is Running?''
* ''Bangkok Haunted''
* ''One Take Only''
* ''
* ''Ab-normal Beauty''
* ''''
* ''''
Danny Pang
As director
* ''1+1=0''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''In Love with the Dead''
As editor
* ''The Storm Riders''
* ''Infernal Affairs''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''Sung horn''
* ''''
* ''Bar Paradise''
* ''The Messengers''
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