1935 – 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. Her films include Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara and Yahaluvo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumitra Peries, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
London Film Festival · Outstanding Film of the Year (1978) · Winner
Carthage International Film Festival · Diploma of Merit (1978) · Winner
Sri Lanka's first female film director — known as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema"
