# Lester James Peries

> 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.

*Sri Lankan film director (1919-2018)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Born:** 1919-04-05
- **Died:** 2018-04-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 12.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673754/ (@nm0673754)

## Sources
- [莱斯特·詹姆斯·派里斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8E%B1%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E6%B4%BE%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF)
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- [لیسٹر جیمز پیریس](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [ليستير چيمس پيريس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3)
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- [ലെസ്റ്റർ ജയിംസ് പെറിസ്](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D)
- [Lester James Peries](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_James_Peries)
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- [ලෙස්ටර් ජෙම්ස් පීරිස්](https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%99%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A)
- [லெஸ்டர் ஜேம்ஸ் பீரிஸ்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3236797)
- [Lester James Peries](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1083364)

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