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name: "Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charissa-sanjarernsuithikul"
fi1m_id: "charissa-sanjarernsuithikul"
imdb_id: "nm1437396"
tmdb_id: 1728808
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T22:55:22.764686+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul

## Identity

Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charissa-sanjarernsuithikul
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charissa-sanjarernsuithikul
- **IMDb ID:** nm1437396
- **TMDB ID:** 1728808
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1728808

Director. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Frequently works with:** [David McWhirter](https://film.one/person/david-mcwhirter.md), [Jessica Yu](https://film.one/person/jessica-yu.md), [Kelli Williams](https://film.one/person/kelli-williams.md), [Steve Robin](https://film.one/person/steve-robin.md), [Tessa Blake](https://film.one/person/tessa-blake.md), Stephanie Martin
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1728808

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*All American*](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul is an American editor and director. A native of Los Angeles, she began her career in Hollywood as a film projectionist before attending USC film school, where she trained in editing. She spent eighteen years in television post-production, working on series including *The Following* (2013), *The Newsroom* and *Doom Patrol* (2019).

She transitioned to directing after shadowing on episodic sets and making short films, including *Post Sentence* (2020), which won Best Women's Short at the 2021 Cleveland International Film Festival. Her directing credits include episodes of *God Friended Me* (2019), *The Rookie* (2022), *All American* (from 2021), *Walker* (2022), *Good Trouble*, *All American: Homecoming*, *The Watchful Eye* and *Found*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All American* (2018), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Found* (2023), series, Director
- *The Watchful Eye* (2023), series, Director
- *All American: Homecoming* (2022), series, Director
- *Walker* (2021), series, Director
- *Post Sentence* (2020), Director, Editor
- *Doom Patrol* (2019), series, Editor
- *Good Trouble* (2019), series, Director
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, Director, Editor
- *All American* (2018), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)
- *God Friended Me* (2018), series, Director
- *Playing It Straight* (2017), Director
- *The Following* (2013), series, Editor

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