Chheangkea is a Cambodian-American filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He earned a BS in Architecture from MIT and an MFA in filmmaking from the NYU Tisch Graduate Film Program, where he was a Dean’s Fellow. He is a former fellow in the Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film.

Through his films, Chheangkea seeks to showcase the complexities and nuances of queer and Cambodian stories. His previous short film, SKIN CAN BREATHE, was a finalist of the 2022 HBO Max APA Visionaries competition and is now streaming on Max. His short film, GRANDMA NAI WHO PLAYED FAVORITES, premieres at the Sundance Film Festival and IFFR in 2025, supported by the Fonds Image de la Francophonie.

Chheangkea’s debut feature film, LITTLE PHNOM PENH, chronicling three decades of a Cambodian woman's life post-Khmer Rouge, is currently in development, having been selected for the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab, MunichFilmUp, and NYU Purple List in 2024.

As a cinematographer, Chheangkea has worked on award-winning short films that have played at festivals worldwide. His cinematography work enables him to collaborate with other talented directors and further refine his visual language and storytelling.