Educator, Master practitioner
Em Theay
Master of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia who taught Khmer classical dance and traditional singing to postwar generations.
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Author, Educator
Erik W. Davis
American scholar of Buddhism and professor of religious studies at Macalester College whose research focuses on Cambodia.
Visual artist
Fonki
Cambodian and French-Canadian graffiti artist and muralist who adapts Khmer ornament and lettering to street art.
Author, Educator
Franklin E. Huffman
American linguist of Southeast Asian languages who wrote the standard Yale series of Cambodian language textbooks and readers.
Author, Educator
George Chigas
Scholar of Cambodian literature and culture who recorded oral histories and photographs of Cambodian American life in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Author
Haing S. Ngor ហាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ
Cambodian physician, actor and memoirist whose autobiography recounts his survival of the Khmer Rouge period.
Content creator, Musician
Hella Chluy
Cambodian American comedian, musician and content creator known for parody songs and comedy about Cambodian American life.
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, Journalist
Janet Gardner
Janet Gardner is a documentary director and producer whose films include Dancing Through Death, about Cambodian classical dance.
Filmmaker
Jimmy Henderson
Jimmy Henderson is a director based in Cambodia who makes action and genre features, including Jailbreak.
Filmmaker
John Pirozzi
John Pirozzi is an American filmmaker and cinematographer who directed two documentaries about Cambodian popular music.
Educator, Filmmaker
Julie Mallozzi
Julie Mallozzi is a Boston-based documentary filmmaker and teacher who directed Monkey Dance.
Filmmaker
Kalyanee Mam
Cambodian American filmmaker and CTFF committee member whose documentary A River Changes Course screened at the first Cambodia Town Film Festival.
Author, Chef
Kanika Linden
Cambodian cookbook author and photographer based in London who documented Khmer recipes and ingredients for publication.
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.
Author
Kim DePaul
Editor and nonprofit director who co-edited a collection of Cambodian survivor memoirs.
Author, Educator
Kim Echlin
Canadian novelist whose novel The Disappeared is set in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge period.
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.
Author
Linda Crew
American novelist whose young adult novel Children of the River follows a Cambodian refugee teenager in Oregon.
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