1964 - Today
Rithy Panh (Khmer: ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter. The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Rithy Panh's works are from an authoritative viewpoint, because his family were expelled from Phnom Penh in 1975 by the Khmer Rouge. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rithy Panh has received more than 143,570 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Rithy Panh is the 1,419th most popular film director (down from 1,296th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Cambodia (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Cambodian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Rithy Panh ranks 1,419 out of 1,581. Before him are Jan Svěrák, Art Clokey, Joe Carnahan, Raja Gosnell, Ken Hughes, and Tom Six. After him are H. Bruce Humberstone, Benoît Lamy, Mike Flanagan, Mark Sandrich, Robin Campillo, and V. Shantaram.
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 1,413
1921 - 2010
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 1,414
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 1,415
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 1,416
1922 - 2001
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 1,417
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 1,418
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 1,419
1901 - 1984
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 1,420
1945 - 2008
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 1,421
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 1,422
1900 - 1945
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 1,423
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 1,424
1901 - 1990
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 1,425
Among people born in 1964, Rithy Panh ranks 426. Before him are Akihiro Nagashima, The Boogeyman, Tiit Sokk, Eytan Fox, Jean-Paul Vonderburg, and Ernst Vettori. After him are Luis Medina Cantalejo, Uwe Ampler, Susan Rice, Astrid Carolina Herrera, Makharbek Khadartsev, and Valentina Yegorova.
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 420
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 421
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 422
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 423
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 424
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 425
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 426
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 427
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 428
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 429
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 430
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 431
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 432
Among people born in Cambodia, Rithy Panh ranks 33 out of 35. Before him are Penn Nouth (1906), Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914), Sam Rainsy (1949), Dith Pran (1942), Pen Sovan (1936), and François Chau (1959). After him are Somaly Mam (1970) and Chan Vathanaka (1994).
1906 - 1985
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 27
1914 - 1975
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 28
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 29
1942 - 2008
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 30
1936 - 2016
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 31
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 32
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 33
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 34
1994 - Present
HPI: 27.31
Rank: 35
Among film directors born in Cambodia, Rithy Panh ranks 1.