List of Sri Lankan film directors
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The following is a chronological list of Sri Lankan
film directors.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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- Dharmasena PathirajaDharmasena PathirajaDharmasena Pathiraja is a Sri Lankan film director andscreenwriter.- Early life :Educated at Dharmaraja College, Kandy,Pathiraja graduated from the University of Peradeniya with an honours degree in Sinhala and Western Classical Culture in 1967. Subsequently he began work as a lecturer in Drama...
- Shelton PayagalaShelton PayagalaPayagalage Don Shirley Shelton was a film director and writer who began as an acting instructor since the mid 1970s. He was born in Hatton, Sri Lanka in 1944 and died on 23 June 2009.- Biography :...
- Channa PereraChanna PereraChanna Perera is a Sri Lankan film director and actor.-References:*...
- G. D. L. PereraG. D. L. PereraG. D. L Perera is a Sri Lankan film director and dramatist.Perera's interest in drama began as a student at Prince College, Kotahena where he met arts patron Edwin Hewakapuge. He joined the Labour Department after finishing secondary schooling at Prince College and following the victory of S. W. R. D...
- Sumitra PeriesSumitra PeriesSumitra Peries is a Sri Lankan filmmaker and Sri Lanka's Ambassadar to France in late 1990s. Her most popular film is Ganga Addara and married to a famous film director Lester James Peries.-Early life:...
- Lester James PeriesLester James PeriesSri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries is an internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1949, Peries has been involved in over 28 films, including shorts and documentaries...
- Piyasiri GunaratnePiyasiri GunaratnePiyasiri Gunaratna is a Sri Lankan director.Gunaratna studied film directing in Prague, Czechoslovakia at the Film Faculty and completed a master's degree before beginning work on film. His only film Mokada Une told the story of a single mother who becomes a prostitute after moving to the city...
- H. D. PremaratneH. D. PremaratneH. D. Premaratne was a Sri Lankan film director.Premaratne's first directorial effort was Sikuruliya starring Joe Abeywickrama, Vijaya Kumaratunga and Suwinitha Weerasinghe. It followed the extramarital affairs of a woman married to a dwarf.In 1978, his sophomore work Apeksha was released...