Biography
Ellis Roderick Dungan (May 11, 1909 – December 1, 2001), He was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950. He was an alumnus of the University of Southern California and moved to India in 1935. During his film career in South India, Dungan directed the debut films of several popular Tamil film actors, such as M. G. Ramachandran in Sathi Leelavathi, T. S. Balaiya and N. S. Krishnan.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 10
Director 8
self 1
Producer 1
Himself (Archive footage)
An American in Madras (2013)
Movie
Consulting Producer
For Liberty and Union (1977)
Movie
Director
Manthiri Kumari (1950)
Movie
Director
Meera (1945)
Movie
Director
Valmiki (1945)
Movie
Director
Dhaasippen (1943)
Movie
Director
Sakuntalai (1940)
Movie
Director
Ambikapathy (1937)
Movie
Director
Sathi Leelavathi (1936)
Movie
Director
Iru Sahodarargal (1936)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1909-05-11
Deathday2001-12-01 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceBarton, Ohio, U.S.
CitizenshipsDominion of India, British Raj, India, United States of America
Also Known AsEllis Roderick Dungan, Ellis Dungan, ఎల్లిస్ ఆర్. డంగన్
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