Chamara Janaraj Peiris

Chamara Janaraj Peiris
චාමර ජනරාජ් පීරිස්
Born
Chamara Janaraj Peiris

(1970-01-14) 14 January 1970 (age 54)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationRoyal College, Colombo
Occupation(s)Director, screen writer
Years active1991–present

Chamara Janaraj Peiris (චාමර ජනරාජ් පීරිස්; born 14 January 1970), is a Sri Lankan Journalist, Screenplay Writer, Teledrama Director and Filmmaker. He has produced several critically acclaimed television serials such as Piyavi, Ayal, Batahira Ahasa and Raahu.[1][2] Currently he is the Creative Director of Pix and Words (Pvt) Ltd.[3]

Personal life

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Peiris was born on 14 January 1970 in Colombo as the only child of the family. He completed education from Royal College, Colombo. In his last year at the school, he was awarded the best student by the President. His father died on 17 March 2011.[4]

Career

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After completing education, he went Russia with a scholarship to obtain Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Moscow Architecture Academy in 1997. Then he completed MSc in Landscape Design from University of Moratuwa in 2003. He worked as SLBC correspondent in Moscow for six years from 1991 to 1997.[3][4] When he was working as a journalist, he wrote a script for a teledrama and went to a well known director in Sri Lanka, but he refused.[5]

In 2009, Peries directed his maiden television serial Ayal. Then he directed his next serial Piyavi in 2011 and Yaya 4 in 2012. All three serials were critically acclaimed and had 30 nominations in many local festivals. Since then, Peiris has contributed with many popular serials including Acid, VVIP, Batahira Ahasa and Raahu.[3][6][4]

Apart from television serials, Peiris involved in many advertisements, documentary programs as well as a journalist in Associate Newspapers Ceylon Ltd. (ANCL) since 1997 to 2010. He wrote series of articles called 13th Page and articles on Extraterrestrial beings and the Theory of Universe published in Dinamina Newspaper. Then he worked as Director Programming for Stein Studios from 2016 to 2017. While working in ANCL, Peiris contributed in many positions such as administrative officer, managing editor, layout editor and graphic designer.[3][4]

In 2019, he made his debut cinema direction with the film Uthuru Sulanga.[7] The film was released on 29 April 2021.[8][9]

Awards

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Peiris has won and nominated for several awards at teledrama festivals for Best director and best script.[3][4]

State Film Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2011 Ayal Best Teledrama Director Won
2011 Ayal Best Teledrama Scriptwriter Won
2012 Piyavi Best Teledrama Director Nominated
2012 Piyavi Best Teledrama Scriptwriter Nominated
2013 Yaya 4 Best Teledrama Scriptwriter Nominated
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2010 Ayal Jury Special Award Won
2010 Ayal Best Teledrama Scriptwriter Nominated
2011 Piyavi Best Teledrama Scriptwriter Nominated
2012 Piyavi Best Teledrama Director Nominated
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2010 Piyavi Jury Special Award Won

Directed serials

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Year Tele serial Ref.
2009 Ayal [10]
2011 Piyavi [11]
2012 Yaya 4 [12]
2014 Acid [13]
2014 Red Rain
2015 VVIP
2015 Pulse
2015 A330
2016 Andromeda
2016 Batahira Ahasa [14]
2017 Thrimana [15]
2019 Raahu
2022 Veeduru Mal [16]

Directed films

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Year Film Ref.
2021 Uthuru Sulanga [17]

References

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  1. ^ "Chamara Janaraj coming silver screen". Mirror Arts. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Chamara Janaraj Peiris". IMDb. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "I am Chamara Peiris". Chamara Peiris official website. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "He must feed himself". Dinamina. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Cinema cannot be taught in classes". Silumina. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  6. ^ "Banned films, serials and novels". Aniwa. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. ^ "ලේසියෙන් මාව රවටන්න බෑ". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Winds of Change". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Art cannot be lost no matter what the plague - 'Uthuru Sulanga' Director Chamara Janaraj Peiris". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  10. ^ Ayal (Drama), Pix and Words Privet Limited, 2009-11-15, retrieved 2022-12-19
  11. ^ "'Piyavi' rate popular chart". Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  12. ^ Peiris, Chamara Janaraj (2013-05-05), Yaya 4 (Drama), retrieved 2022-12-19
  13. ^ "Acid an entertaining comedy to a suspenseful thriller | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka". Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  14. ^ "Another teledrama from Chamara Janaraj". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  15. ^ "'Smart' choices". Daily News. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Wasantha Obeysekaran was an inspiration to me". සරසවිය. 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  17. ^ "The story of a young man in the south caught in the north wind". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 July 2020.