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Caylee So
Caylee So is a Khmer American director and co-founder of the Cambodia Town Film Festival in Long Beach, California.
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Author, Chef
Chantha Nguon
Cambodian memoirist and cook who reconstructs family Khmer recipes alongside an account of exile and return.
Author, Chef
Chef Nak ចុងភៅណាក់
Cambodian chef and culinary author who documents and revives Khmer home and royal cooking.
Author, Educator
Chheng Phon ឆេង ផុន
Cambodian dramatist and educator who rebuilt the country's arts schools and performing arts repertoire after the Khmer Rouge period.
Filmmaker
Davy Chou ដេវី ជូ
Davy Chou is a Cambodian-French director and producer whose films include the documentary Golden Slumbers and the feature Diamond Island.
Educator, Master practitioner
Em Theay
Master of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia who taught Khmer classical dance and traditional singing to postwar generations.
Visual artist
Fonki
Cambodian and French-Canadian graffiti artist and muralist who adapts Khmer ornament and lettering to street art.
Educator, Master practitioner
Hun Pen
Cambodian classical dancer in the neang (female) role, choreographer and researcher of the post-1979 dance revival.
Filmmaker
Huy Yaleng
Cambodian director, producer and actor whose films The Witch and Fathers screened at the Cambodia Town Film Festival.
Educator, Master practitioner
Ith Pen
Cambodian bokator master who founded a school in Kampot and later documented the art's techniques.
Filmmaker
Jimmy Henderson
Jimmy Henderson is a director based in Cambodia who makes action and genre features, including Jailbreak.
Filmmaker
Kavich Neang
Kavich Neang is a Cambodian director whose documentary and fiction films centre on Phnom Penh's demolished White Building.
Chef, Educator
Kethana Dunnet
Cambodian chef and restaurateur who founded The Sugar Palm and teaches traditional home-style Khmer cooking.
Educator, Master practitioner
Kong Nay គង់ ណៃ
Cambodian chapei dang veng master singer and teacher recognised as a national living human treasure.
Filmmaker
Kulikar Sotho
Kulikar Sotho is a Cambodian director and producer who leads Hanuman Films and directed The Last Reel.
Composer, Musician
Laura Mam ឡូរ៉ា ទេវរី ម៉ម
Laura Mam is a Cambodian American singer-songwriter and producer who founded Baramey Production in Cambodia.
Actor
Mélia Constantin មាលា
Khmer-French actress and model who plays the title role in the 2024 Cambodian film Neath's Love Story and its sequels.
Educator, Master practitioner
Norodom Buppha Devi នរោត្តម បុប្ផាទេវី
Cambodian classical dancer, choreographer and cultural administrator who led the postwar revival of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.
Educator, Musician
Patrick Kersalé
French ethnomusicologist whose Sounds of Angkor project reconstructs Khmer instruments documented in temple reliefs.
Author, Filmmaker
Rithy Panh ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី
Rithy Panh is a Cambodian director, producer and author whose documentaries and features address the Khmer Rouge period and its aftermath.
Educator, Master practitioner
San Kim Sean សាន គឹមស៊ាន
Cambodian martial arts grandmaster who led the postwar revival of bokator and founded its national federation.
Master practitioner, Tradition bearer
Sang Sarun
Cambodian lakhaon bassac performer regarded as one of the form's masters.
Educator, Tradition bearer
Sisowath Kossamak ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ កុសុមៈ
Cambodian queen credited with choreographing the modern apsara dance and sustaining the royal dance troupe.
Filmmaker, Musician
Sok Visal
Sok Visal is a Phnom Penh-based director and music producer who founded the label KlapYaHandz and the production company 802AD Films.
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