Rithy Panh | |
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![]() Rithy at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, 2022 | |
Born | Panh Rithy April 18, 1964 |
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 |
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.
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