Sumitra Peries
Directing · Director · Editor · Producer
Born Mar 24, 1934
Active 1963–2023
Kala Keerthi Sumitra Peries (born 24 March 1934) is a Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema." She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain, and the United Nations in the late 1990s.
Filmography
White Flowers for the Dead (1978) — EditorMangrove Island (1976) — EditorLoku Duwa (1994) — DirectorThe Yellow Robe (1967) — EditorThe Girls (1978) — Director · EditorBy the river (1980) — DirectorChanges in the Village (1963) — EditorFriends (2007) — DirectorSagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa (1988) — DirectorThe Garden (2003) — DirectorThe Tree Goddess (2018) — DirectorMaya (1984) — Director · ProducerMother Alone (1997) — Directorකෙටි බෙන්දි අලිය — Director