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Vishvanath Buddhika Keerthisena, also known as Boodee Keerthisena is an award-winning Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is well known as an artist began his career with drawing comics. Quietly he moved into painting, dress designing and visual arts and into music in the late 80s. He performed in a band called "Boo-Dee and the Woo-Zees" (1986–1992) as the lead singer. In 1987, he went to New York to study film. He joined the film department to study film and television at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. For his graduation in 1995, he presented his feature film "Veils of Maya" (Sihina Deshayen – 1993 ) as his thesis. The film won 31 awards in many festivals including best director and best film. In 1997 he started shooting "Buongiorno Italia" (Mille Soya) and completed its shooting in Sri Lanka and Italy with a crew from 8 different countries. The film was released in 2004 and was in 16 festivals and won 15 awards including best picture and best director. In 2008 he co-wrote the screenplay and directed "Alone in A Valley" (Nimnayaka Hudakalawa)which is in post production currently. From 2009–2010 he directed "Matha", a film based on the last Elam war that ended after nearly 30 years. The film was released in January 2012. Since he got back to Sri Lanka in 1995, he has directed and produced over 100 TV commercials, more than 30 documentaries, Two TV series and many music videos. His work is influenced by John Cassavetes and contains elements of "cinema-verite" style.〔http://www.asiaticafilmmediale.it/2001/uk2001/directors/keerthisena.html〕 == Filmography == Director, co-writer of "Adventures of Ricky Deen" a feature film deals with a failed actor who comes across himself crossed over from a different reality and trying to gain his original identity back. The film entirely shot on iPhone 5. In production 2013/2014. Director, co-writer of "Alone in A Valley" (Nimnayaka Hudakalawa). Story a man sees his life, existence, and death through time and space. Production year 2013. Director, "Matha", a story revolves around two lovers who are LTTE carders fighting for a separate land. The film deals with the moments of final battle of ELAM war in Sri Lanka, while the two characters struggle to find their way to protect the child she is expecting to give birth to. Boodee Keerthisena is also the VFX supervisor of the film. prod 2012. Matha won eight awards in two different film festivals for the best cinematography, editing, music, Visual effects, make up, child actorincluding two SIGNIS awards 2013. Director, Writer "Buongiorno Italia" (Mille Soya): a 35mm feature film about a group of young Sri Lankan Musicians illegally migrating to Italy in the baggage compartment of a bus. The film articulates the lost dreams of Sri Lankan Youth that are caught between a civil war and corrupt politics and follows through their journey into hope, Sri Lanka / Italy production 2003.〔http://www.asiaticafilmmediale.it/2001/uk2001/database/millesoya.html〕 The film won 16 awards including best film, director, editor & art director SIGNIS awards 2005. Director, Production Designer & Co – music composer of 35mm feature film “The Veils of Maya”: A story based around a theatre group whose production of a colonial play is interrupted by the death of one its members by a bomb planted on a bus by ethnic separatist terrorists. From the other side of death he reveals to the viewer the story of what happened to him. The film won 31 awards, production in Sri Lanka 1996. Director, Editor of the 16mm half an hour short film “Redeem”. The film is about the uprising of a socialist group who aimed to over throw the government, how the university students were affected by it and the unrest that the normal people of the country had to go through. Production Sri Lanka 1989. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boodee Keerthisena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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