Aditya Assarat was born in Bangkok. Thailand, in 1972. He left Thailand
at the age of 15 to be educated in the United States. He studied
History at New York University, and subsequently earned a master's
degree in film production at the Southern California School of
Cinematic Arts in 2000.
His graduate thesis film, the 15-minute short "Motorcycle" was screened
at the Chicago International Film Festival, where it won a Gold Hugo
award, the San Francisco International Film Festival, where it won a
Golden Gate Award. It also won the R. D. Pestonji Award at the 2000
Thai Short Film and Video Festival and the Vision of Life Award at the
2000 Bangkok Film Festival. It was named best short film at the Aspen
Shortsfest and the Shorts International Film Festival in New York City.