Ieu Pannakar

Who is Ieu Pannakar?

Ieu Pannakar is a Cambodian film director and senator. Among the first Cambodians to study film making, he is one of Cambodia's pioneering film directors. He is a co-founder 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. 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.