Tichakorn Phukhaotong

Jojo Tichakorn Phukhaotong is a TV director screenwriter and the founder of Trasher Bangkok a partyplanning service He graduated with a bachelors degree in English from the Faculty of Archaeology at Silpakorn University The Surat Thani native made his directorial debut in 2016 with the first season of Gay OK Bangkok which he also wrote He had no background in filmmaking but he had always wanted to become a director Before that he started his career making Bangkokset parody videos of pop songs most of them starring actor Jennie Panhan Openly gay Jojo felt that gay characters were typically either represented as sassy tragic figures or as cute schoolboy couples in Thai media With hopes of expanding their representation in the media Jojo developed an idea for his debut series based on his own experience and that of the people in his community In 2021 after departing from Trasher Bangkok Tichakorn launched a new production company Hard Feeling Film named after Lordes song