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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. Currently he is the Creative Director of Pix and Words (Pvt) Ltd.

Personal life

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.

Career

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. 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.

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.

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.

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

Awards

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

State Film Awards

Raigam Tele'es

Sumathi Awards

Directed serials

Directed films

References

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4. ^ "He must feed himself". Dinamina. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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6. "Banned films, serials and novels". Aniwa. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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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.

• 1970 births
• Sri Lankan film directors
• Sri Lankan directors
• Living people