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Lester James Peries

Director | Writer | Producer

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Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992

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in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
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2006 Elegy for a Mother
 
2002 Mansion by the Lake
 
1990 West End
 
1985 Yagunthaya
 
1982 Village in the Jungle
 
1982 Kaliyugaya
 
1979 Pinhamy
 
1979 Brave Puran Appu
 
1977 White Flowers for the Dead
 
1976 Enchanted Island
 
1974 The God King
 
1973 The Treasure
 
1972 Five Acres of Land
 
1972 A Certain Look
 
1971 Kandy Perahera (documentary short)
 
1970 Forty Leagues from Paradise (documentary short)
 
1969 Silence of the Heart
 
1969 Steel (documentary short)
 
1967 The Yellow Robes
 
1966 Between Two Worlds
 
1965 Changes in the Village
 
1964 Forward into the Future (documentary short)
 
1962 Home from the Sea (documentary)
 
1961 Too Many Too Soon (documentary short)
 
1960 The Message
 
1956 The Line of Destiny
 
1955 Be Safe or Be Sorry (short)
 
1954 Conquest in the Dry Zone (documentary short)
 
1950 A Sinhalese Dance (short)
 
1950 Farewell to Childhood (short)
 
1949 Soliloquy (documentary short)
 
Show ShowWriter (12 titles)
2002 Mansion by the Lake (writer)
 
1982 Village in the Jungle
 
1966 Between Two Worlds (screenplay)
 
1962 Home from the Sea (documentary)
 
1961 Too Many Too Soon (documentary short)
 
1960 The Message (screenplay)
 
1956 The Line of Destiny
 
1955 Be Safe or Be Sorry (short)
 
1954 Conquest in the Dry Zone (documentary short)
 
1950 A Sinhalese Dance (short)
 
1950 Farewell to Childhood (short)
 
1949 Soliloquy (documentary short)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1978 Gahanu Lamai (producer)
 
1956 The Line of Destiny (producer)
 
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