After discovering a passion for cinematography while filming skate videos with friends, Pithai Smithsuth launched his career working on commercials, documentaries and feature films. Notably, he received the prestigious Thai National Cinematography awards for In Family We Trust and Inhuman Kiss. Pithai has collaborated as a camera operator and a gaffer alongside esteemed cinematographers Newton Thomas Sigel (Da 5 Bloods), Greig Fraser and Oren Soffer (The Creator), and Rodrigo Prieto (Killers of the Flower Moon).