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.

Filmography

• 2026Krung Thep — Norodom Sihanouk
• 2005La Châtelaine de Banareath — Writer, Director
• 2005Le Cid Khmer — Dialogue, Producer, Screenplay, Director
• 1998The Great Assassination — Director
• 1997An Apostle of Non-Violence — Screenplay, Producer, Director
• 1997Norodom Sihanouk, King and Film-maker
• 1996The Heir of a Vanquished Secessionist — Director, Writer
• 1995An Ambition Reduced to Ashes — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1995The Last Days of Colonel Savath — Producer, Director, Writer
• 1994Peasants in Distress — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1993See Angkor and Die — Writer, Producer, Director
• 1992My Village at Sunset — Director, Producer, Writer
• 1991I Shall Never See You Again, Oh My Beloved Kampuchea — Director, Writer
• 1989Goodbye My Love — Director, Writer
• 1989The Countess of Nokorom — Director, Writer
• 1988The Mysterious City — Writer, Director
• 1969The Joy of Life — Writer, Director
• 1969The Rose of Bokor — Ichiro Hasegawa, Music, Writer, Director
• 1969Tragic Destiny — Music, Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Editor
• 1969Twilight — Prince Adit, Music, Producer, Director, Writer
• 1968Shadow Over Angkor — Prince, Music, Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
• 1967Le petit prince du peuple — Director, Music, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 1966Apsara — Editor, Writer, Director
• 1966The Enchanted Forest — Preah Angk, Writer, Music, Producer, Director
• 1965Cambodia — Director
• 1964VISITE D'ETAT MGR. N.SIHANOUK CHEF D'ETAT DU CAMBODGE EN LA R.P. CHINE 1964

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2017De Gaulle, the Last King of France — Self (archive footage)
• 1983Der Dschungelkrieg — Self