Wikanda Promkhuntong
WIKANDA PROMKHUNTONG is a lecturer in Film and Cultural Studies at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol University, Thailand. Her research engages with East Asian cinema and different forms of border-crossing. Her work explores the discourses around and practices of screen industry agents from auteurs/stars, cinephiles/fans to above/below-the-line workers, and the changing conditions that shaped their lives and work over time. Her recent monograph Film Authorship in Contemporary Transmedia Culture: The Paratextual Lives of Asian Auteurs (2023) is published as part of the Transmedia series, Amsterdam University Press. She has also written on film cultures in relation to fan tourism and historical film reception.