Jira Maligool

Production

Jira Maligool

Born 1961-02-24 · Thailand

Jira Maligool is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. graduated in 1983 from Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Communication Arts, where he majored in film and photography. While still a student, he worked as a music video and movie commercial director. In 1991, he co-founded his own film studio, Hub Ho Hin Bangkok (later Hub Ho Hin Films). In 2003, it was merged with GMM Grammy's film division GMM Pictures and Visute Poolvoralaks' company Tai Entertainment to form GMM Tai Hub (or GTH). In 2016, he became key person for GDH 559 a film studio that successor to GTH. He was also behind the hit 2003 film, My Girl, a nostalgic look at childhood in 1980s Thailand. The film's ensemble of six directors – were students of Jira, who taught as a part-time professor in photography and cinematography classes at Chulalongkorn University. Two of those directors, Komgrit and Songyos, went on to direct hit films, Komgrit helming the romantic comedy Dear Dakanda in 2005 and Songyos with the hit 2006 thriller Dorm.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies poster
8.1

M, a university dropout low on money and luck, volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother, in the hope of pocketing an inheritance.

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

2024

Bad Genius poster
7.9

Lynn, a brilliant student, after helping her friends to get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much bigger exam-cheating business.

Bad Genius

2017

Home for Rent poster
6.8

When her good tenants go bad, a landlord finds herself terrorized by a cult that seemingly has her husband enthralled — and her daughter in its sights.

Home for Rent

2023

ATM poster
7.3

Two enamoured employees in a bank with no fraternization policy must recover their company's lost money while trying to keep their relationship a secret.

ATM

2012

The Promise poster
6.8

Ib and Boum decide to commit suicide together in Bangkok in 1997. After reneging on the promise, the vengeful ghost of Ib returns 20 years later to haunt Boum and her 15 year old daughter, Bell.

The Promise

2017

Coming Soon poster
6.3

Two projectionists discover a disturbing film featuring the lynching of a woman. Not only are they troubled by the content of the movie, but strange events befall them following the viewing.

Coming Soon

2008

Friend Zone poster
7.2

Two best friends who wind up in the friend zone navigate a series of failed relationships through the years — until sparks finally fly.

Friend Zone

2019

OMG! Oh My Girl poster
6.6

Over the years, awkward Guy keeps falling for confident June in the wrong places at the wrong times, leading him to believe fate is playing tricks on them.

OMG! Oh My Girl

2022

The Billionaire poster
7.3

Inspired by a true story, this uplifting drama focuses on a young Thai entrepreneur's incredible business success, despite obstacles and self-doubt.

The Billionaire

2011

Flat Girls poster
7.1

As Jane prepares to leave a police flat where she was born and raised, she starts to reflect on old memories including a painful story of love and intimacy lost between a handsome young policeman and Ann, the ambitious older girl Jane once secretly loved.

Flat Girls

2025

Bangkok Traffic (Love) Story poster
7.3

In the center of Bangkok, 30-year-old Mei Li struggles to find true love. When she accidentally meets a handsome BTS engineer whom she considers the right man, she plans her first move. Though too many obstacles keep arising, Mei Li will never give up.

Bangkok Traffic (Love) Story

2009

4bia poster
6.2

Four directors create short films based on unique fears involving a lonely woman, a princess's corpse, a haunted camping trip and a cursed manuscript.

4bia

2008

Dear Galileo poster
7.0

College friends whose lives are at a crossroads decide to spend a year in Europe, working in Thai restaurants, and trying not to get deported.

Dear Galileo

2009

Suck Seed poster
7.1

When his boyhood crush Ern returns, Ped forms a band with his friend to impress her. Romantic rivalries bloom after the talented Ern joins the group.

Suck Seed

2011

Homestay poster
7.4

When a spirit inhabits the body of a teen named Min, he begins to settle into his life until he's forced to find out who caused Min's mysterious death.

Homestay

2018

Hormones poster
7.3

Students pursue love affairs some destined to be and some doomed during a break from school in this ensemble romance.

Hormones

2008

Seven Something poster
5.9

Three modern love stories focus on how digital privacy, fleeting fame and the power of personal reinvention can change one's romantic destiny.

Seven Something

2012

Seven Something poster
5.9

Three modern love stories focus on how digital privacy, fleeting fame and the power of personal reinvention can change one's romantic destiny.

Seven Something

2012

Seven Something poster
5.9

Three modern love stories focus on how digital privacy, fleeting fame and the power of personal reinvention can change one's romantic destiny.

Seven Something

2012

Laddaland poster
6.4

A family moves into a neighborhood where they encounter a series of terrifying paranormal events that lead them to the edge of sanity.

Laddaland

2011

One Day poster
7.7

A woman suffers from a rare form of temporary amnesia, lasting for a day. Her shy colleague, who is secretly in love with her, tells her that they are a couple in order to experience being with her for just one day.

One Day

2016

The Con-Heartist poster
7.1

Ina, whose ex-boyfriend runs off, leaving her in debt, manages to catch on a cunning con artist who tries to con her. But instead of turning him to the police, she hires this con artist to swindle her ex-boyfriend to get revenge.

The Con-Heartist

2020

Heart Attack poster
7.1

A hard-worker freelancer who falls in love with a doctor. While his life is getting worse every second. He must find the way to release his life to the beyond of everything.

Heart Attack

2015

My Girl poster
7.9

Jeab, a young man working in Bangkok, receives word that his childhood sweetheart, Noi-Naa is to be married. While driving back to his hometown, the memories from his childhood come flooding back.

My Girl

2003