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Filmmaker · Sri Lanka

Somaratne Dissanayake

Somaratne Dissanayake was born on 15 November 1946 in Giriulla. A graduate in performing arts of the University of Sydney and a doctor of film studies of the University of Colombo, he staged plays in the eighties and wrote a television serial in the mid-nineties before moving to feature films in 2000. He then made many films, chaired the island's filmmakers' guild and ran the public television channel, Rupavahini, from January to August 2015.

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