Rithy Panh

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

The native form of this personal name is Panh Rithy. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this Cambodian name, the surname is Panh. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Rithy.
Rithy Panh
Panh at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, 2022
Born
Panh Rithy

(1964-04-18) April 18, 1964
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
CitizenshipCambodia • France
EducationInstitut des hautes études cinématographiques
OccupationFilm director
Years active1989–present
AwardsUn Certain Regard
Albert Londres Prize
Joseph Kessel Prize
WebsiteBophana: Audio Visual Resource Center – Cambodia

The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Rithy Panh's 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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