Dharmasena Pathiraja
Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena[1] (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter.[2] He has been referred to as a 'rebel with a cause', an ‘enfant terrible of the '70s', and is widely recognized as the pioneer of Sri Lankan cinema’s 'second revolution'. He is also renowned as an academic, playwright and poet.
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Born | (1943-03-28)28 March 1943 |
Died | 28 January 2018(2018-01-28) (aged 74) Lakeside hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka |
Education | B.A., M.A., PhD |
Alma mater | Dharmaraja College, Kandy, University of Peradeniya, Monash University |
Occupation(s) | University lecturer, Film Maker , screenwriter, Chairman – Sri Lanka Media Training Institute, Head of the Performing Arts Department University of Colombo Sripalee Campus |
Years active | 50 years of experience in film fields |
Spouse | Kusumalatha Malini Pathiraja |
Children | Sumedha Pathiraja, Milinda Pathiraja |
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