Tanit Jitnukul (thaï: ธนิตย์ จิตนุกูล), né le 24 novembre 1956 dans la province de Songkhla, est un peintre d'affiches de cinéma, un réalisateur et un producteur thaïlandais.

Tanit Jitnukul est un des artisans de la (seconde) nouvelle vague du cinéma thaïlandais qui commence dès 1997 (et qui inclut Nonzee Nimibutr, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Wisit Sasanatieng, Apichatpong Weerasethakul , les frères Pang et quelques autres).

Il est à l'origine d'un des plus important succès du cinéma en Thaïlande, Bang Rajan (en 2000).

Biographie

Tanit graduated from Siam Vocational School. He started in the movie business as a film-poster artist. In 1985 he was the co-director on Suem Noi Noi Galon Mark Noi ("Happy Go Lucky") with Adirek Wattaleela, better known in Thailand simply as "Uncle". Uncle would go on to produce Bangrajan.

Tanit made his name doing historical battle epics, directing a string of them: Bang Rajan, Legend of the Warlord and Sema: Warrior of Ayutthaya. However, he's worked in many genres, including horror (Art of the Devil and Narok), crime-action (102 Bangkok Robbery) and comedy (Andaman Girl).

He won best director honors at the Thailand National Film Awards for Bang Rajan. The film was also screened at the 2000 Fantasia Festival, where it placed second in the international competition. Bang Rajan was later "presented" by Oliver Stone in a theatrical release in the United States.