Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 31, 1922
Died
Oct 15, 2012
Place of Birth
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Credits
28 titles
Norodom Sihanouk
Biography
Norodom Sihanouk born October 31, 1922 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was a director, writer and composer, Prince Norodom Sihanouk was appointed the King of Cambodia in 1941, when he was merely nineteen years. He remained the ruler of the nation for fourteen years, from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004, interspersed with brief but frequent spells as Prime Minister. Sihanouk was enthusiastic about the trends and glamour of the western world. He introduced "The Twist" in Cambodia in 1960 and became a record producer of Cambodian pop and rock'n roll music. These new cultural expressions upset some groups. Sihanouk banished this opposition to his pop concept from the capital Phnom Penh. Part of the resistance eventually created the movement Khmer Rouge. In 1965 Norodom Sihanouk expanded his modern idea of Cambodia to include film. He wrote, directed, produced and appeared in documentaries and feature films for five years. He resumed filming in North Korea in 1988. Sihanouk's last film, "Le Cid Khmer", was released in Cambodia 2005. Over the years, Prince/King/Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk resided in, apart from Cambodia, in the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He died of a heart attack on October 15, 2012, in Beijing, China.
Known For
Filmography
Krung Thep
Norodom Sihanouk
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
La Châtelaine de Banareath
Director
Le Cid Khmer
Dialogue
The Great Assassination
Director
An Apostle of Non-Violence
Director
Norodom Sihanouk, King and Film-maker
The Heir of a Vanquished Secessionist
Director
An Ambition Reduced to Ashes
Director
The Last Days of Colonel Savath
Producer
Peasants in Distress
Director
See Angkor and Die
Director
My Village at Sunset
Director
I Shall Never See You Again, Oh My Beloved Kampuchea
Director
The Countess of Nokorom
Director
Goodbye My Love
Director
The Mysterious City
Director
Der Dschungelkrieg
Self
The Joy of Life
Director
Twilight
Prince Adit
Tragic Destiny
The Rose of Bokor
Ichiro Hasegawa
Shadow Over Angkor
Prince
Le petit prince du peuple
Director
The Enchanted Forest
Preah Angk
Apsara
Director
Cambodia
Director
VISITE D'ETAT MGR. N.SIHANOUK CHEF D'ETAT DU CAMBODGE EN LA R.P. CHINE 1964