Arts and media

Creators

Khmer and Cambodian diaspora writers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, chefs and artists.

Watercolor of an artist studio with an easel, a film camera, a chapei lute and a typewriter
Illustration inspired by an arts school in Battambang.

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Loung Ung

A Cambodian American memoirist and activist whose trilogy traces survival under the Khmer Rouge and life afterward in the United States.

Chef Nak

A Cambodian chef and culinary author who documents Khmer home and royal cooking.

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Author, Chef

Visoth Tarak Ouk

United States

Long Beach chef who founded Cambodian Restaurant Week and co-wrote a Cambodian cookbook and memoir.

Educator, Master practitioner

Voan Savay វ័ន សាវ៉ៃ

Cambodia

Khmer classical dancer and teacher who carried the royal dance repertoire through the refugee camps and into diaspora schools.

Filmmaker

Xavier de Lauzanne

France

Xavier de Lauzanne is a French documentary director whose film The Perfect Motion follows the Cambodian royal ballet.

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