Malaka Dewapriya

Malaka Dewapriya (Sinhala: මාලක දේවප්‍රිය, IPA: [maːləkə deːʋaprijə] is a Sri Lankan film maker, visual artist, Sinhala Radio Play writer, short film and video director. Born in Sri Lanka, Dewapriya graduated with a BA (Special) from the University of Colombo in 2005. After graduation, he received a scholarship named Baden-Württemberg for Video/Film/New Media at Akademie Schloss Solitude, in Stuttgart, Germany, from 2007 to 2008. He received an Asia Pacific Artists Fellowship, which partially supports his "short-term" residency as a visiting artist at the GoYang Art Studio, for visiting international and domestic artists, affiliated with the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, South Korea, from 2008–2009 ("5th period", "no. 671").He first became involved in theatre in 1989 and has Performed, written and directed several short plays as a student. His later work engages a variety of the arts, including film, photography, theatre, and radio drama in his beginning .As a visual artist, he has created short films and video installations, several of which have been screened in international student competitions, other competitions, festivals and exhibitions.He has also done some other writing and editorial work in Sri Lanka, both as a student and later, according to his personal Website and his "CV" at GoYang Art Studio, both of which list such work and also screenings of his short films.