Biography
Deshabandu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009 as තිස්ස අබේසේකර) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist. He is better known as a script writer for the cinema as well as a film director. In 1996, his book Bringing Tony Home won the prestigious Gratiaen Prize for the new creative writing in English. He was the chief coordinator of FOSWAL in Sri Lanka and honoured awardee of SAARC Literary Award.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 10
Writer 7
Director 1
Writer
Sack of Vijayabahu (2019)
Movie
Mysterious Man
Alone in a Valley (2017)
Movie
Writer
Kusa Pabha (2012)
Movie
Writer
Loku Duwa (1994)
Movie
Director
The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions) (1987)
Movie
Writer
The River's Edge (1980)
Movie
Writer
White Flowers for the Dead (1978)
Movie
Writer
The Treasure (1973)
Movie
Writer
Welikathara (1971)
Movie
Actor
Between Two Worlds (1966)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.3
Based on 655 movie and tv ratings over time
1966
1978
1987
2017
2019
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1939-05-07
Deathday2009-04-18 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceMaharagama, Sri Lanka
CitizenshipsSri Lanka
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