Ieu Pannakar

Ieu Pannakar (Khmer: អៀវ បណ្ណាការ; 21 February 1931 – 10 May 2018) was a Cambodian film director and statesman. Among the first Cambodians to study film making, he was one of Cambodia's pioneering film directors.[1] He was a co-founder (with fellow Cambodian director Rithy Panh) of Bophana: The Audio-Visual Resource Center - Cambodia. Pannakar served as honorary president of Bophana's oversight organisation, the ARPAA, or Association pour la recherche, la production et l’archivage des documents audiovisuels.

Ieu Pannakar
អៀវ បណ្ណាការ
Member of the Senate
In office
25 March 1999  23 April 2018
Nominated byNorodom Sihanouk
Personal details
Born(1931-02-21)21 February 1931
Died10 May 2018(2018-05-10) (aged 87)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
NationalityCambodian
Political partyIndependent
SpouseOum Sophanith
RelationsIeu Koeus (father)

Pannaker served in the Senate of Cambodia, as a nominee of King Norodom Sihamoni.[2]

References

  1. "Cambodian filmmaking up to the 1970s". Visiting Arts and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
  2. "Ieu Pannakar". www.senate.gov.kh. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-18.



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