Sumitra Peries

Sumitra Peries was born on 24 March 1935 and grew up in Avissawella. At twenty, she went to Europe and attended the London School of Film Technique in London, the only woman in her year. She then worked as a subtitler, assistant, then editor, notably on the films of her husband, himself a filmmaker. The first woman to direct films on the island, she made films from 1978 to 2018. Ambassador to France and Spain from 1995 to 1998, she died on 19 January 2023 in Colombo.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaThe Girlsගැහැනු ළමයිSumitra Peries · 1978Cinema