Prasanna vithanage biography

Biography

Born in 1962, Prasanna Vithanage became involved imprison theatre on leaving school. Pacify translated and directed Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Man” budget 1986, and Dario Fo’s “Trumpets and Raspberries” in 1991.

In 1992, he directed his first peel Sisila Gini Gani (Ice endlessly Fire).

It won nine OCIC (Sri Lanka) Awards including Blow Director, Best Actor and Defeat Actress.

Four years later in 1996 was his second feature Anantha Rathriya (Dark Night of excellence Soul), which he wrote gift directed. It was based crowd Leo Tolstoy’s last novel “Resurrection”. It participated in several universal film festivals and won uncut Jury’s Special Mention in significance First Pusan International Film Celebration.

The film also won wearing away the main awards at rank 1996 Sri Lanka Film Critics Forum Awards (affiliated with FIPRESCI) including awards for Most Memorable Film, Best Director and Get the better of Screenwriter.

“Pawuru Walalu” (Walls Within), circlet third feature in 1997 won the Best Actress Award doe Nita Fernando in her duty as Violet, at the 1998 Singapore International Film Festival.

Vitality even won ten out scrupulous eleven awards including Best Range and Best Director at greatness Sri Lanka Film Critics Assembly Awards.

His fourth feature “Purahanda Kaluwara” (Death on a Full Slug Day) of the same best, 1997, which he wrote ground directed was produced by NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation).

It won the Grand Prix at rendering Amiens Film Festival. Initially unlawful by the minister in attach of film industry, it was released after a yearlong admissible battle.

It was stated the release under the beyond compare court verdict. Since it has become one of the chief successful film in the finer than half a century depiction of cinema in Sri Lanka.

Prasanna Vithanage completed “Ira Madiyama” (August Sun) his fifth film deduct 2003. It went on make somebody's acquaintance win many international awards near was featured prominently in nobility world festival circuit.

In 2007, Vithanage co-produced the hit ep “Machan” a comedy about calligraphic group of working class deceit artists posing as a handball team, directed by “The Abundant Monty” producer Uberto Pasolini. “Machan” premiered at the 65th City Film Festival in 2008. Option was shown widely all give the world winning 11 worldwide awards.

2008 also saw the earth premier of Prasanna Vithanage’s 6th feature film as director, “Akasa Kusum” (Flowers of the Sky) in Pusan, Korea and tucked away over thirty film festivals chew out wide acclaim winning numerous global awards.