Lester James Peries

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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.

05-04-1919

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Total Films

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Dehiwala, Sri Lanka

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05-04-1919

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Total Films

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Dehiwala, Sri Lanka

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actor

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producer

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director

25 Works

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7 Works

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Celluloid Man

Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He built the archive can by can in a country where the archiving of cinema was considered unimportant.

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2012

Cineaste From Another Time

Documentary about Sri Lankan filmmaker Lester James Peries

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2003