Ieu Pannakar ( km, អៀវ បណ្ណាការ; 21 February 1931 – 10 May 2018) was a
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...
n film director and statesman. Among the first Cambodians to study film making, he was one of Cambodia's pioneering film directors.
He was a co-founder (with fellow Cambodian director
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh ( km, 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 Cambod ...
) of Bophana: The Audio-Visual Resource Center - Cambodia. Pannakar served as honorary president of Bophana's oversight organisation, the , or .
Pannaker served in the
Senate of Cambodia
The Senate ( km, ព្រឹទ្ធសភា, ) is the upper house of the Parliament of Cambodia. It is a legislative body composed of 62 members. Fifty-eight of the Senate seats are elected every six years by the commune councillors from ...
, as a nominee of King
Norodom Sihamoni.
He has also headed the cinematic division of the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. He was the son of former
Prime Minister of Cambodia Ieu Koeus
Ieu Koeus ( km, អៀវ កើស; 1905 – 14 January 1950) was a Cambodian politician. He served as President of the National Assembly of Cambodia from 1946 to 1949, and as Prime Minister of Cambodia for nine days in September 1949. Conside ...
.
References
External links
Bophana: Audio Visual Resource Center – Cambodia
1931 births
2018 deaths
Cambodian film directors
Members of the Senate (Cambodia)
Children of prime ministers of Cambodia
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