Amatha Ratsombath
Amatha “Paul” Ratsombath moved from Paris to Laos, developed his filmmaking craft and taught jiu-jitsu with BJJ Laos Team Infinity.
Biography
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Asiadoc2017 catalogue — Amatha “Paul” Ratsombath, printed page10(opens in a new tab)
Amatha “Paul” Ratsombath was born in Paris to parents who had migrated from Laos.
Where in the source: Complete named personal biography, printed page10/PDFpage9, visually read alongside all own project text.
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He moved to Laos in2009, wanting to explore his family’s roots and understand himself beyond the life he had known in France.
Where in the source: Entire first biography paragraph and2009transition, printed page10.
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Anousone Sirisackda hired him at Lao Art Media, where he moved from IT management to project management and learned filmmaking.
Where in the source: Whole2009Lao Art Media employment paragraph within named biography.
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Two years later he joined Anysay Keola’s crew on At the Horizon; the original crew went on to form Lao New Wave Cinema.
Where in the source: Complete second biography paragraph and production-house context, printed page10.
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The2017catalogue describes him as a self-taught cameraman and director of photography.
Where in the source: Whole Education line and full personal entry, printed page10.
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The catalogue lists his documentary project Badass Girly Warrior as in development, following a young woman’s kickboxing ambitions.
Where in the source: Complete own Film Project heading and whole synopsis, printed page10.
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Patrick F. Campos — The Emergence of a New Lao Cinema: An Interview with Anysay Keola and Xaisongkham Induangchanthy (2016), page196(opens in a new tab)
In a2016interview, Xaisongkham Induangchanthy identified Ratsombath as part of Lao New Wave Cinema’s team.
Where in the source: Complete team-members answer spanning PDFpages7–8; whole page196 roster and work descriptions visually read.
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His colleague described him working across writing, directing, editing and sound recording, and also teaching dance.
Where in the source: Whole exact Amatha work-description sentence in full members/roles answer, printed page196.
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BJJ Laos - BJJASIA(opens in a new tab)
BJJ Asia’s Vientiane academy entry names Amatha Ratsombath as BJJ Laos’s head instructor.
Where in the source: Entire gym entry, full sole head-instructor block and linked own school/social profiles.
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Bjj Laos - Team Infinity (IFT) - Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro(opens in a new tab)
The BJJ Laos Team Infinity club profile identifies him as head coach and names David Pierre-Louis of Infinity in France as his teacher.
Where in the source: Whole AJPclub10102About paragraph, complete named head-coach passage and contact-person row.
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BJJ Laos Team Infinity - MMA Self-defense | Vientiane | Facebook(opens in a new tab)
The school’s public biography describes its instructor as a black belt under David Pierre-Louis.
Where in the source: Whole own public Presentation biography plus full named school context, linked from BJJAsia and AJPinstitutional entries.
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Its biography says he has practised BJJ and MMA since2005.
Where in the source: Whole public school Presentation section and named institutional head-instructor identity context.
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The school’s present biography describes his national-team head-coaching role as former.
Where in the source: Entire public Presentation biography, former National Jiujitsu headcoach wording.
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Amatha Ratsombath: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Laos by SEA4 Podcast: Southeast Asian Athlete Achievement > Adversity(opens in a new tab)
The July2023SEA4 episode introduction describes Ratsombath leading the Lao national jiu-jitsu team at that year’s SEA Games in Cambodia.
Where in the source: Whole exact named SEA4 episode written introduction, dated17July2023 and player00:00/1:22:26, including full SEA Games/Asian Games and mission context; no audio heard.
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The episode introduction presents his aim as raising the international profile of Lao martial arts.
Where in the source: Complete mission sentence in the whole exact named episode description, distinct from the adjacent episodes.
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