Chamara Janaraj Peiris

Chamara Janaraj Peiris (චාමර ජනරාජ් පීරිස්; born 14 January 1970), is a Sri Lankan journalist, screenplay writer, television 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]

Chamara Janaraj Peiris චාමර ජනරාජ් පීරිස්
Born	Chamara Janaraj Peiris (1970-01-14) 14 January 1970 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Royal College, Colombo
Occupation	Director, screen writer
Years active	1991–present

Career

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]

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]

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][5][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 debut cinema direction with the film Uthuru Sulanga.[6] The film is yet to release.[7]

Awards

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

State Film Awards

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

Raigam Tele'es

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

Sumathi Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2010	Piyavi	Jury Special Award	Won

Directed serials

Year	Tele serial	Ref.
2009	Ayal
2011	Piyavi	[8]
2012	Yaya 4
2014	Acid
2014	Red Rain
2015	VVIP
2015	Pulse
2015	A330
2016	Andromeda
2016	Batahira Ahasa	[9]
2017	Thrimana	[10]
2019	Raahu

Directed films

Year	Film	Ref.
TBD	Uthuru Sulanga	[11]

References

1. "Chamara Janaraj coming silver screen". Mirror Arts. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
2. "Chamara Janaraj Peiris". IMDb. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
3. "I am Chamara Peiris". Chamara Peiris official website. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
4. "He must feed himself". Dinamina. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
5. "Banned films, serials and novels". Aniwa. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
6. "ලේසියෙන් මාව රවටන්න බෑ". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
7. "Winds of Change". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
8. "'Piyavi' rate popular chart". Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
9. "Another teledrama from Chamara Janaraj". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
10. "'Smart' choices". Daily News. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
11. "The story of a young man in the south caught in the north wind". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

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