Sumitra Peries
Directing
- Born
- March 24, 1934
- Died
- January 19, 2023 (age 88)
Kala Keerthi Sumitra Peries (born 24 March 1934) is a Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema." She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain, and the United Nations in the late 1990s. Her films include Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara and Yahaluvo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumitra Peries, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Changes in the Village
July 21, 1963
The Girls
March 17, 1978
By the river
August 1, 1980
Loku Duwa
January 1, 1994
Mangrove Island
April 2, 1976
White Flowers for the Dead
January 1, 1978
The Yellow Robe
April 30, 1967
Friends
December 20, 2007
Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa
December 30, 1988
The Garden
November 30, 2003
The Tree Goddess
April 5, 2018
Maya
September 28, 1984
Behind the camera14
- 2018The Tree Goddess Director
- 2007Friends Director
- 2003The Garden Director
- 1997Mother Alone Director
- 1994Loku Duwa Director
- 1988Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa Director
- 1984Maya Director, Producer
- 1980By the river Director
- 1978The Girls Editor, Director
- 1978White Flowers for the Dead Editor