Lester James Peries
Sri Lankan film director (1919-2018) · Sri Lanka · On the map · Directors · Died at 99
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.
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The Tree GoddessFilm, 2018Writer2006
Elegy For A MotherFilm, Director2003Cineaste From Another TimeFilm1997Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward1990
AwaragiraFilm, Director1988
Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba HandaFilm, Writer1983
YuganthayaFilm, Director1980
BaddegamaFilm, Director, Writer1978
RebellionFilm, Director1974
God KingFilm, Director1969
Silence of the HeartFilm, Director1967
The Yellow RobeFilm, Director1963
Changes in the VillageFilm, Director1960
SandesayaFilm, Director, Writer1954Conquest in the Dry ZoneFilm, Director1919Born5 April 1919People around Lester
Malini Fonseka Lester directed Nidhanaya and Wekande Walauwa- Gamini Fonseka Lester directed Nidhanaya and Sandesaya
Leigh Lawson Lester directed The God King (1974)- Vijaya Kumaranatunga Lester directed Baddegama (1980)
Oliver Tobias Lester directed The God King (1974)
Martin Wickramasinghe Also in Changes in the Village (1963)
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