Ieu Pannakar

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Ieu Pannakar (b. February 21, 1931) is a Cambodian film director and senator. Among the first Cambodians to study film making, he is 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. Pannaker serves as honorary president of Bophana's oversight organisation, the ARPAA, or Association pour la recherche, la production et l’archivage des documents audiovisuels.

Pannaker serves 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. Pannaker's father Ieu Koeus, who is deceased, was briefly Prime Minister of Cambodia. He held office for nine days in 1949.

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

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