Pimpaka Towira, born in 1967 in Thailand, is a Thai director, screenwriter and producer.
　　In 2003, her first directorial feature film One Night Husband was premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, and she was nominated for the New Currents Award at the 8th Busan International Film Festival for the film. Her feature film The Island Funeral won the Asian Future Best Film Award at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015. Her directorial short film My Father won the Special Jury Award at the International Film Festival of Asian-Pacific countries in 2010. Her Prelude to the General won the Jury Prize of the Short Film Competition at the 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2016.
　　She worked as the Programme Director of the Bangkok International Film Festival held in 2001, 2008 and 2009, and was appointed the Programme Director of the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival since 2015. She also served as the Programme Director of the Singapore International Film Festival in 2017 and 2018.