Chheangkea is a Cambodia-born filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. 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 Marcie Bloom Fellow and a recipient of the Sundance Asian American Scholarship. Through his films, Chheangkea seeks to showcase the complexities and nuances of queer and Cambodian stories. His upcoming short film, GRANDMA NAI WHO PLAYED FAVORITES, will premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. 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 debut feature film, LITTLE PHNOM PENH, is currently in development, having been selected for the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab, MunichFilmUp, and the NYU Purple List in 2024.