Mao Ayuth

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Mao. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Ayuth.
Mao Ayuth
ម៉ៅ អាយុទ្ធ
Born(1944-07-08)8 July 1944
Srey Santhor, Kampong Cham, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died15 April 2021(2021-04-15) (aged 76)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • politician
Years active1965–2021
SpouseSo Samony

Mao Ayuth (Khmer: ម៉ៅ អាយុទ្ធ; 8 July 1944 – 15 April 2021) was a Cambodian filmmaker and politician. One of the few filmmakers to survive the Khmer Rouge regime, he was noted, alongside Dy Saveth, Yvon Hem, and Bun Yim, as connecting contemporary Cambodian cinema with its golden age of the 1960s and 1970s.[1] He died during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  1. ^ "A Profile of Mao Ayuth". SoutheastAsianFilmStudiesInstitute. 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2021-04-25.