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Actor
Lester James Peries
Directing
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Movies: 19Series: 0Crew credits: 18
TMDB ID: 1083364
IMDb ID: nm0673754
Known for: Directing
Born: April 5, 1919
Died: April 29, 2018
Age: 99
Place of birth: Dehiwala, Sri Lanka
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2018
Years active: 63
Wikidata: Q3236797
Also known as
ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්
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Director (11)Writer (4)Producer (1)Script (1)Story (1)
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.
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Movie credits linked with Lester James Peries.
The Tree Goddess
Story
2018 Movie
7.0
Celluloid Man
as Self
2012 Movie
Elegy For A Mother
Director
2006 Movie
The Garden
Script
2003 Movie
6.0
Mansion by the Lake
Writer
2002 Movie
Awaragira
Director
1990 Movie
Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa
Writer
1988 Movie
Kaliyugaya
Director
1982 Movie
5.8
Village in the Jungle
Writer
1980 Movie
6.5
The Girls
Producer
1978 Movie
White Flowers for the Dead
Director
1978 Movie
Mangrove Island
Director
1976 Movie
The God King
Director
1974 Movie
6.3
The Treasure
Director
1972 Movie
9.0
Silence of the Heart
Director
1969 Movie
5.8
Between Two Worlds
Director
1966 Movie
5.4
Changes in the Village
Director
1963 Movie
The Memorandum
Writer
1960 Movie
6.8
The Line of Destiny
Director
1956 Movie