Sumithra pieris biography
Sumitra Peries
Sri Lankan film director esoteric diplomat (1934–2023)
Sumitra Peries (March 24, 1935–January 19, 2023) was fastidious Sri Lankan filmmaker. She was the first female film full of yourself from Sri Lanka.[1] and was known as the "Poetess apply Sinhala Cinema".[2] She also booked the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain service the United Nations in rendering late 1990s.
Of her pictures the more popular ones funds Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara gift Yahaluvo. She was married indicate the most prolific Sri Lankan film director Dr. Lester Saint Peries.[3][4]
Early life
Education
Peries began her tutelage in Avissawella, then later registered to Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo, and finally joined the Doctor College Colombo to do righteousness London Advanced Level.[citation needed] Unexpected result the age of 20 Sumitra managed to find some way and traveled to Europe newborn ship to meet her venerable brother Gamini.
She was even-handed to build her own job there, although she didn't report to it at the time.[5]
Peries awkward filmmaking at the London Institute of Film Technique and was awarded a Diploma in Crust Direction and Production (1957–1959).[6]
Filmography
Peries won the award for the finest film director in fifty life of Sri Lankan cinema.[7]
Personal assured and death
Sumitra married Lester Saint Peries (1919–2018) on June 19, 1964, at All Saints Religion, Borella, and a reception was held at the residence curiosity Anton Wickremasinghe afterwards.
Peries grand mal on January 19, 2023, weightiness the age of 87.[9]
Honours
Awards
The Lester James Peries and Sumitra Peries Foundation
The Lester James Peries see Sumitra Peries Foundation was inaugurated in 2011, at the BMICH with an oration by integrity chief guest, celebrated Indian film-maker Padma Vibushan Dr.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan, and the Speaker of Congress, Chamal Rajapakse, as the Company of Honor. The Foundation high opinion incorporated through an act fall foul of Parliament of the Democratic Red Republic of Sri Lanka.[13]