Tissa Abeysekera

Tissa Abeysekera was born on 7 May 1939 in Maharagama. Educated at first at home, he published short stories in the Sinhalese press as a teenager. Entering the cinema in the early sixties, he became the regular screenwriter of a major director of the island, made more than forty documentaries for the government film unit and directed a few feature films. His narrative Bringing Tony Home won the Gratiaen Prize in 1996. President of the National Film Corporation from 1999 to 2001, he died in Colombo on 18 April 2009.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaවිරාගයTissa Abeysekera · 1987Cinema