The Stories We Share

The Khmer Rouge forced them, as strangers, to marry. Fifty years on, have they managed to reclaim their lives? We journey across Cambodia alongside Oung Phhun, Soeng Chantorn and Khmer Rouge Tribunal educators to find out.

Client: Radio Free Asia Investigative
Role: Director of Photography
Runtime: 23 minutes

Before They Take Me Away

Since he was released from custody in November 2021, Cambodian environmental activist Ly Chandaravuth has been looking over his shoulder. The 24-year-old was arrested in 2021 after documenting waste run-off from the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh into the Tonle Sap river. A member of the civil society group, Mother Nature Cambodia, he spent five months in pre-trial detention on “plotting” charges before the court released him on bail. Now facing a possible prison sentence, will Ly Chandaravuth be forced to abandon his activism?

Client: South China Morning Post
Role: Co-Director | Producer | Director of Photography | Editor
Runtime: 24 minutes

Lost Lands

Cambodia’s appetite for sand has exploded as construction continues to fuel economic growth in the capital Phnom Penh. But as the thirst for sand grows, so does the uncertainty over the future of the river. Two families who rely on the river for a living share their stories of how sand dredging is causing pain and concerns for the future.

Client: South China Morning Post
Role: Director | Producer | Director of Photography | Editor
Runtime: 12 minutes

Bitter Harvest

Affected communities and civil society have been working for years to highlight human rights abuses related to a massive land grab that occurred because of a government “economic land concession” granted to a large corporation in Koh Kong province more than a decade ago.

Client: Equitable Cambodia
Role Director of Photography | Field Producer | Editor
Runtime: 13 minutes

Chaos on the Coast

Fish catches in Cambodia's waters have dropped precipitously in recent years, and so have small-scale fishers’ incomes. The problem, they say, is that commercial trawlers have been illegally entering their fishing grounds, scraping the sea clean of life and, with it, their community’s ability to survive. And its not just at sea they are facing problems. Cambodia's coastline is being bought up by private companies with influential connections, forcing fishers off their land and leaving them fighting for survival.

Client: Mongabay
Role: Co-Director | Director of Photography | Editor
Runtime: 20 minutes

The Earthshot Prize – Mekong Sequence (S1E1)

Sir David Attenborough introduces us to inspiring people with solutions to help restore nature, and reveals the three finalists of the first ever Earthshot Prize for Nature.

Client: Film Fixers Thailand/Silverback Films/BBC One
Role: Second Camera
Runtime: 4 minutes for Mekong sequence (total episode 58 minutes)

The Dark Truth About Rubber | True Cost

The world relies on Southeast Asia for natural rubber. Seventy percent of the global supply is used to make tires for cars, trucks, and planes. But rubber plantations in Cambodia have displaced thousands of people and caused mass deforestation. Now, Indigenous communities who have been pushed off the land are fighting to get it back.

Client: Insider
Role: Producer | Director of Photography
Runtime: 11 minutes