Nationality Sri Lanka Name Somaratne Dissanayake Years active 1997–Present | Religion Buddhist Spouse Renuka Balasooriya Website www.somadissa.com Movies Sooriya Arana, Saroja | |
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Occupation Film directorSri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Chairman Similar People Jackson Anthony, Duleeka Marapana, Tissa Abeysekara Born November 15, 1946 (age 76) Giriulla Nationality Sri Lankan Other names Some Notable work Saroja, Punchi Suranganavi, Sooriya Arana, Sarigama, Jangi Hora | ||
Somaratne dissanayake responds to dilan
Kalasuri Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, screen writer and a producer. He is the president of the Film Makers Guild of Sri Lanka (FMG). He still holds the record of the most popular film (Suriya Arana) in the history of Sri Lankan cinema. He won the Peace prize of Chicago International Children's Film Festival and bronze award for Independent Theatrical Feature Films at Worldfest Houstan for his debut film, Saroja (2000). In 2007, He received Presidential award for directing Samanala Thatu (2006). He is also the recipient of the “Peoples Award” as the People’s artist of the country for last five consecutive years.
Contents
- Somaratne dissanayake responds to dilan
- Making of Sarigama Sinhala Movie
- Biography
- Trivia
- Awards and nominations
- As a director
- References
සරිගම හැදුන හැටි - Making of Sarigama Sinhala Movie
Biography
Somaratne Dissanayake studied science subjects in school, and obtained the first degree from London University in Medical Radiography. He migrated to Australia in 1978, and while practicing in the medical field, did the post-graduate studies in performing arts, and obtained M.A.degree (performance directing) from The University of Sydney in 1997.
He obtained the PhD (Honoris Cuasa) in cinema from the university of Performing Arts, Colombo in 2010.He gave up the permanent residency and citizenship in Australia, with the highly lucrative medical profession in view of making films in the motherland, Sri Lanka.
All of his films have won many international awards in various world festivals, interestingly, his films are not only artistic successes, but also commercial successes, as he is in a habit of breaking his own box office records every time with a new film.Dr. Somaratne Dissanayake is the president of the Film Makers Guild of Sri Lanka (FMG), which consists almost all the film producers and directors of the country.
Trivia
He maintains the distinction of having created "Suriya Arana," the most celebrated film in the annals of Sri Lankan cinema. Additionally, he has been honored with the "People's Award" as the country's People's Artist for the past five consecutive years.
On January 2015, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC).
Awards and nominations
His almost all films were critically adjudged by many local and international film festival and won many awards as well.
As a director
Often rated as one of the best directors in Sri Lankan cinema, he has directed only 8 films, but all of them were blockbusters and easily passed 150 days.