Lester James Peries
- Directing
- April 5, 1919 · Dehiwala, Sri Lanka
- April 29, 2018
Biography
Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered as the father of Sri Lankan cinema, Lester worked as a filmmaker from 1949 to 2006 and was involved in over 28 films, including shorts and documentaries.
Known for
Filmography
- The Tree Goddess · Story
- Celluloid Man · Self
- Elegy For A Mother · Director
- The Garden · Script
- Cineaste From Another Time · Self
- Mansion by the Lake · Director, Writer
- Awaragira · Director
- Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa · Writer
- Maya · Producer
- Yuganthaya · Director
- Kaliyugaya · Director
- Baddegama · Director, Writer
- Rebellion · Director
- The Girls · Producer
- White Flowers for the Dead · Director
- Mangrove Island · Director
- God King · Director
- The Treasure · Director
- Desa Nisa · Director
- Silence of the Heart · Director
- The Yellow Robe · Director
- Sihinayaki Re · Director
- Between Two Worlds · Director, Writer
- Changes in the Village · Director
- Sandesaya · Director, Writer
- The Line of Destiny · Director, Writer
- Conquest in the Dry Zone · Director