Biography
Rithy Panh (Khmer: ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី) is a French-Cambodian director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, actor and writer. During the years 1975 and following in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime, he lost his parents and part of his family, and young Rithy witnessed the worst atrocities. He survived in 1979 where he managed to reach the Mairut camp in Thailand then arrived in France in 1980. Rithy Panh is the author of numerous works which all have as a backdrop a Cambodia which is having difficulty dressing its pieces of theater and Where Rithy demonstrates his talent for immortalizing slices of life in which the protagonists give the impression of engaging while forgetting the camera. His work is imbued with the work of memory and the pain of survivors of the Pol Pot regime. He tries to rediscover Cambodian culture through cinema.
Directed 21
2020s
- 2025
We Are the Fruits of the Forest
Director
- 2024
Meeting with Pol Pot
Director
- 2022
Everything Will Be OK
Director
Irradiated
Director
2010s
- 2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
Graves Without a Name
Director
- 2016
Exile
Director
- 2015
France Is Our Mother Country
Director
- 2013
The Missing Picture
Director
- 2012
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell
Director
2000s
- 2009
The Sea Wall
Director
- 2007
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
Director
- 2005
The Burnt Theatre
Director
- 2004
The People of Angkor
Director
- 2003
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Director
- 2001
Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre
Director
1990s
- 1998
One Evening After the War
Director
- 1996
Bophana: A Cambodian Tragedy
Director
- 1994
Rice People
Director
- 1991
Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé
Director
1980s
- 1989
Site 2
Director
Wrote 16
2020s
- 2025
We Are the Fruits of the Forest
Writer
- 2024
Meeting with Pol Pot
Screenplay
- 2022
Everything Will Be OK
Writer
Irradiated
Writer
2010s
- 2019
Graves Without a Name
Screenplay
- 2016
Exile
Writer
- 2013
The Missing Picture
Screenplay
- 2012
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell
Writer
2000s
- 2009
The Sea Wall
Writer
- 2007
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
Writer
- 2005
The Burnt Theatre
Writer
- 2003
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Screenplay, Idea, Story, Writer
- 2001
Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre
Writer
1990s
- 1998
One Evening After the War
Writer
- 1994
Rice People
Writer
1980s
- 1989
Site 2
Writer
Produced 12
2020s
- 2026
In the Silence After
Executive Producer
- 2025
We Are the Fruits of the Forest
Producer
Khmerica
Producer
- 2024
The Rubber Tappers
Producer
Gunyo Cholo: A Girl Coming of Age Story
Executive Producer
- 2022
Everything Will Be OK
Producer
Irradiated
Co-Producer
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2015
The Roots Remain
Associate Producer
- 2013
Le dernier refuge
Producer
- 2010
A Scale Boy
Producer
Edited 7
2020s
- 2024
Meeting with Pol Pot
Editor
- 2022
Everything Will Be OK
Editor
Irradiated
Editor
2010s
- 2019
Graves Without a Name
Editor
- 2016
Exile
Editor
- 2013
The Missing Picture
Editor
- 2012
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell
Editor
Camera 6
2020s
- 2025
We Are the Fruits of the Forest
Director of Photography
- 2022
Everything Will Be OK
Director of Photography
2010s
- 2019
Graves Without a Name
Director of Photography
- 2016
Exile
Director of Photography
- 2012
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell
Director of Photography
2000s
- 2003
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Acted in 3
2020s
- 2024
Meeting with Pol Pot
Pol Pot (voice)
- 2020
Wandering Souls
Filmmaker, Designer
2000s
- 2004
Art department 1
2010s
- 2013
The Missing Picture
Production Design
Other crew 1
2000s
- 2003
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Cinematography, Script
Appearances2
2020s
- 2021
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Self
2000s
- 2004
