Rithy Panh

Rithy Panh
Rithy at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, 2022
Born	Panh Rithy (1964-04-18) April 18, 1964 (age 60) Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Citizenship	Cambodia • France
Education	Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1989–present
Awards	Un Certain Regard[1] Albert Londres Prize Joseph Kessel Prize
Website	Bophana: Audio Visual Resource Center – Cambodia

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Rithy Panh (Khmer: ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter.

The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. His works are from an authoritative viewpoint, because his family were expelled from Phnom Penh in 1975 by the Khmer Rouge. One after another, his father, mother, sisters and nephews died of starvation or exhaustion, as they were held in a remote labor camp in rural Cambodia.