Ieu Pannakar
Ieu Pannakar | |
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Member of the Senate | |
In office March 25, 1999 – April 23, 2018 | |
Nominated by | Norodom Sihanouk |
Personal details | |
Born | February 21, 1931 |
Died |
May 10, 2018 87) Phnom Penh, Cambodia | (aged
Nationality |
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Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | Oum Sophanith |
Relations | Ieu Koeus (father) |
Ieu Pannakar (Khmer: អៀវ បណ្ណាការ; February 21, 1931 – May 10, 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 is 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.
Pannaker served in the Senate of Cambodia, as a nominee of King Norodom Sihamoni.[2] 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.
References
- ↑ "Cambodian filmmaking up to the 1970s". Visiting Arts and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ↑ "Ieu Pannakar". www.senate.gov.kh. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
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