Portrait of Rithy Panh

Directing

Rithy Panh

Career

Active from 1989 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Missing Picture
The Missing Picture
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Rithy Panh Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.3, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Khmer Rouge 2
  • Cambodia 2
  • Historical Documentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

37
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
nº72
nº72

Director, Writer

2020s

9 titles · average score 74
In the Silence After
In the Silence After (2026)

Executive Producer

We Are the Fruits of the Forest
We Are the Fruits of the Forest (2025)

Director of Photography, Producer

Khmerica
Khmerica (2025)

Producer

Meeting with Pol Pot
Meeting with Pol Pot (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

as Pol Pot (voice)

Gunyo Cholo: A Girl Coming of Age Story
Gunyo Cholo: A Girl Coming of Age Story (2024)

Executive Producer

The Rubber Tappers
The Rubber Tappers (2024)

Producer

Everything Will Be OK
Everything Will Be OK (2022)

Director, Editor

Irradiated
Irradiated (2022)

Editor, Writer

Wandering Souls
Wandering Souls (2020)

as Filmmaker, Designer

2010s

13 titles · average score 78
Graves Without a Name
Graves Without a Name (2019)

Director of Photography, Editor

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Director

Buoyancy
Buoyancy (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

Executive Producer

First They Killed My Father
First They Killed My Father (2017)
GoodWatch score 77

Producer

Exile
Exile (2016)

Editor, Writer

France Is Our Mother Country
France Is Our Mother Country (2015)

Director

The Roots Remain
The Roots Remain (2015)

Associate Producer

The Missing Picture
The Missing Picture (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Editor

Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell (2012)

Director, Editor

Red Wedding
Red Wedding (2012)

Producer

The Catch
The Catch (2011)

Editor, Screenplay

A Scale Boy
A Scale Boy (2010)

Producer

2000s

8 titles · average score 60
The Sea Wall
The Sea Wall (2009)
GoodWatch score 46

Director, Writer

Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers (2007)

Writer, Director

The Burnt Theatre
The Burnt Theatre (2005)

Director, Writer

The People of Angkor
The People of Angkor (2004)

Director

Holy Lola
Holy Lola (2004)
GoodWatch score 57

as Monsieur Khieu

S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003)
GoodWatch score 77

Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre
Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre (2001)

Director, Writer

The Land of the Wandering Souls
The Land of the Wandering Souls (2000)

Director, Writer

1990s

5 titles · average score 73
One Evening After the War
One Evening After the War (1998)

Writer, Director

Bophana: A Cambodian Tragedy
Bophana: A Cambodian Tragedy (1996)

Director

Rice People
Rice People (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Director

Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé
Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé (1991)

Director

Cambodia: Between War and Peace
Cambodia: Between War and Peace (1991)

Director

1980s

1 title
Site 2
Site 2 (1989)

Director, Writer