World in motion
Bangkok Design Week 2019 opened on Jan 26 at TCDC with the World Premiere of World In Motion: Bangkok, a documentary series about visual culture that had its Bangkok iteration filmed in the city in 2018. Very Thai author Philip Cornwel-Smith is interviewed in a segment filmed at Wat Maha Butr in Phrakhanong, Bangkok, site of the shrine to the ghost Mae Nak Phrakhanong.
Megalopolis Between Order & Chaos (NZZ)
Philip is interviewed in a documentary, ‘Bangkok: Megalopolis between Order and Chaos’, which premièred on 27 March 2014 on the Swiss TV channel NZZ Format, which is run by the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
David Thompson’s Thai Streetfood
Philip was interviewed with fellow Bangkok foodies in episode 11 of the 13-part series by David Thompson (Michelin-starred chef of Nahm) about the streetfood of Thailand. Broadcast on Australia’s SBS, Discover Channel and other outlets from 2014.
WATERFRONT CITIES OF THE WORLD
Philip was interviewed in this documentary about Bangkok’s culture, urbanism and character as a port. He covers the segment on the city’s many forms of transit.
1 Giant Leap
Philip Cornwel-Smith was an interviewee and consultant on the Thai section of this multi-country, multimedia music documentary, which was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards.