Lester James Peries
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 5, 1919, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka
- Died
- April 29, 2018
- Movies
- 25
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2012 | Celluloid Man | Self |
| 2003 | Cineaste From Another Time | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2006 | Elegy For A Mother | Director |
| 2002 | Mansion by the Lake | Writer, Director |
| 1990 | Awaragira | Director |
| 1988 | Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa | Writer |
| 1984 | Maya | Producer |
| 1983 | Yuganthaya | Director |
| 1982 | Kaliyugaya | Director |
| 1980 | Baddegama | Writer, Director |
| 1978 | Rebellion | Director |
| 1978 | The Girls | Producer |
| 1978 | White Flowers for the Dead | Director |
| 1976 | Mangrove Island | Director |
| 1974 | God King | Director |
| 1972 | The Treasure | Director |
| 1972 | Desa Nisa | Director |
| 1969 | Silence of the Heart | Director |
| 1967 | The Yellow Robe | Director |
| 1967 | Sihinayaki Re | Director |
| 1966 | Between Two Worlds | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | Changes in the Village | Director |
| 1960 | Sandesaya | Director, Writer |
| 1956 | The Line of Destiny | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1954 | Conquest in the Dry Zone | Director |
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