List of Khmer entertainment companies
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This is a list of notable companies and people of the Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

n film and entertainment industry.

Founded in the 1960s

  • TVK(Khmer) (Cambodia's original broadcasting station) since 1966 was broadcast in black&white up until 1986.

Founded in the 1970s

  • Sovann Kiri (1972-1984), a now-defunct Khmer-Thai joint film company owned by movie stars Dy Saveth
    Dy Saveth
    Dy Saveth is a renowned Cambodian actress and first Miss Cambodia . She featured several films throughout the 1960s until the communist takeover in 1975, and later from 1993 to present. She married Huoy Keng, an actor, producer and film director, during the 1970s. Just as Van Vanak ran his own...

     and Hui Keung. Ran in Cambodia
    Cambodia
    Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

     between 1972-1975, and ran in Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

     between 1975-1984.
  • Pisnoka (1970-1975), owned by actor Vann Vannak
    Vann Vannak
    Vann Vannak was a popular actor in Cambodia during the late 1960s until 1975. Despite his talents, producers usually favored casting his rivals Kong Som Oeurn or Chea Yuthorn in their movies. Due to their lack of support, Vann Vannak starred in considerably fewer films when compared to his rivals...

    , and all films of which he plays as the leading male role.

Founded in the 1990s

  • Angkorwat films (since 1990), owned by Yvette Som
  • Reksmey Hang Meas (since 1990)
  • SM (since 1990),owned by Mai Sameth


Founded in the 2000s

  • [Khmer Entertainment Inc.] http://www.khmerentertainment.com (http://www.khmerentertainment.com) (since 2005), CEO Lim Cheang. Khmer Entertainment is a entertainment promotion company, targeting Cambodian Americans. [KE] sponsors high profile singers in the country of Cambodia and holds large scale performances in various U.S. cities.

People

Notable Cambodian film producers and directors include:
  • Rithy Panh
    Rithy Panh
    Rithy Panh is an internationally and critically acclaimed Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter.The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia...

     (1988-present), a French-trained Cambodian producer.
  • Fey Som Ang (1989-present), a Cambodian film director.Also associated with Thai film productions.
  • Parn Puong Bopha (1989-present), a Cambodian film director.
  • Yvette Som (1990-present), producer of Angkorwat studio films.
  • Tim Pek (1975-present), Australian-Cambodia film director and producer.
  • Ieu Pannakar
    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...

    , film director since the 1950s and 60s.
  • Vann Vannak
    Vann Vannak
    Vann Vannak was a popular actor in Cambodia during the late 1960s until 1975. Despite his talents, producers usually favored casting his rivals Kong Som Oeurn or Chea Yuthorn in their movies. Due to their lack of support, Vann Vannak starred in considerably fewer films when compared to his rivals...

    , film director/actor from the 1970s.
  • Dy Saveth
    Dy Saveth
    Dy Saveth is a renowned Cambodian actress and first Miss Cambodia . She featured several films throughout the 1960s until the communist takeover in 1975, and later from 1993 to present. She married Huoy Keng, an actor, producer and film director, during the 1970s. Just as Van Vanak ran his own...

    , Film producer/actress from the 1970s. Also associated with Thai film productions.
  • Huy Kung, Chinese/Cambodian film director of the 1970s and 80s.
  • Tat Somnang, Cambodian, singer, producer, and film director of the 1970s
  • Tea Lum Kang, Chinese/Cambodian film director of the 1970s. Directed the all-time must see Cambodian film, Pos Keng Kang
  • Mao Somnang,Cambodian novelist and screenwriter of the 1980s and 90s.
  • Kong Buncheun, novelist/music composer/producer/director since the 1950s.
  • King Norodom Sihanouk, the former King himself directed more than forty-six of Khmer films, forty-three of which were produced after his abdication in 1955.
  • Channy Peakdey, film director since 1989. She directed the 1994 version of "Promatt Promong."
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