Industry Film Area served Worldwide Founded 1979 | Headquarters Sri Lanka Key people Chandran Rutnam | |
Services Filming location, Location scouting, Location shooting, Film production | ||
Film Location Services which is now known as Asian Film Locations Services is a well known film location and production services company based in Sri Lanka. The company was founded by the Sri Lankan film maker Chandran Rutnam in 1979 and credited for the production of number of award winning films.
Taprobane Pictures is its sister institution and studio for motion pictures and commercials.
History
Chandran Rutnam was doing jobs in Hollywood studios while he was pursuing his studies on a film school in Los Angeles. Rutnam's break in selling Sri Lankan locations to international film-makers came when he managed to convince John Derek, director of Tarzan the Apeman, to shoot the film starring his wife Bo Derek, in Sri Lanka rather than Africa.
Steven Spielberg refers to Rutnam as "Our most valued friend in the Far East".