First They Killed My Father

First They Killed My Father is a 2017 Netflix film directed by Angelina Jolie, adapting Loung Ung’s memoir of surviving the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Ung’s 2000 book recounts her childhood in Phnom Penh as the daughter of a high-ranking government official — until Pol Pot’s army stormed the city in April 1975, forcing her family to flee, hide their identities, and ultimately separate to survive. Loung trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans while her siblings were sent to labor camps; as Vietnamese forces broke the Khmer Rouge, the surviving siblings slowly reunited, and Loung forged a courageous new life.

SCANable performed 3D actor scanning for the film in support of visual effects vendor Lola VFX, capturing cast members as high-resolution body scans used for face replacement and digital character work.