Sumitra Peries
Sri Lankan film director and diplomat · Sri Lanka · On the map · Directors · Lived 1935 to 2023 · aged 87
Sumitra Peries was a Sri Lankan filmmaker. She was the first female film director from Sri Lanka. and was 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.
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The Tree GoddessFilm, Director2007
FriendsFilm, Director2003
The GardenFilm, Director1997
Mother AloneFilm, Director1994
Loku DuwaFilm, Director1988
Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba HandaFilm, Director1984
MayaFilm, Director, Producer1980
By the riverFilm, Director1978
The GirlsFilm, Director1935Born24 March 1935People around Sumitra
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Of her films the more popular ones are Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara and Yahaluvo. She was married to the most prolific Sri Lankan film director Dr. Lester James Peries.
