Andrew Jayamanne ඇන්ඩෘ ජයමාන්න (alternative spelling Andrew Jayamanna, 9 November 1943 – 29 August 2014) was a Sri Lankan cinematographer, and film and television director and producer.[1][2]
Jayamanne is the eldest of ten children born to Vincent Jayamanne and his wife Beatrice Perera. He was raised in Periyamulla in Negombo, the town on the Western sea-coast where his father was born. Jayamanne did his elementary studies at St. Anthony's boys' School, Dalupotha, Negombo. In 1955 he joined the Archdiocesan College of St.Aloysius, Colombo, with the intention of becoming a Catholic priest. But due to a health condition, on doctor's advice he had to abandon his studies and engage in manual labour.
Career beginnings
Ataweni Pudumaya (Muhurath)
While at college, Jayamanne's teachers recognised his love of photography and assigned him to handle the cinema and audio visual equipment in the college. Later he joined the Radio & Electronics Laboratory at Kotahena.
In 1962, he joined Vijaya Film Studios and Laboratories of Cinemas Limited, at Hendala, Wattala. In 1962 he started his career as an assistant cameraman at the Vijaya Studios. As an assistant cameraman and camera-unit in-charge he worked on over 40 feature films, both domestic and international. This gave him the opportunity to work under many cinematographers and to study film laboratory techniques, sound studio work, film editing, production designing and production management.
Professional career
While working at Vijaya Studios, Jayamanne met Sri Lankan director Titus Thotawatta. In 1970, he left Vijaya to join Thotawatta in the production of Haralaksaya, marking his debut as Director of Cinematography. Jayamanne continued to work as Thotawatta's principle cinematographer through the latter's final film Handaya.
Jayamanne was employed by many other veteran directors, and became a favourite of new directors for their debut projects. His contribution to the films of Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Vasantha Obeysekera and Parakrama Niriella were highly acclaimed by cinema critics and Journalists of Sri Lanka. In 1972, when the State Film Corporation called for registration of cinema technicians, Jayamanne registered as film director, script writer, cinematographer, film editor and production manager. He is the only person in Sri Lanka to have been registered in five categories.[citation needed]
In 1972, Jayamanne was invited to conduct classes for beginners interested in cinema and television at the Paul VI center, Fort, Colombo, organised by the OCIC Sri Lanka. He started training with Super 8 format and slide show programs. Then as VHS came to industry it was introduced to beginners. He held two short film festivals with his students at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.
In 1983 Jayamanne had the opportunity to attend a professional video program training offered in Taipei by Santa Clara University. Jayamanne was subsequently called up by the Television Training Institute, Sri Lanka to train video technicians for Rupavahini and ITN, the two national television channels. The courses were later extended to train video teams of the Army, Navy, Police, Education, Agricultural, health, and many other government institutes.
In 1986 Andrew Jayamanne was commissioned to train the staff of ITN network studios. During this course several practical programs were produced. The long-running ITN serial Kopi Kade is an offshoot of these training classes. "Kopi Kade" drama was designed to be a low cost a multi-camera production by shooting and editing on line within few hours.
Jayamanne organised another 6 months course for "Television Program Production Training Institute" for Media Centre at Deans Road, Colombo. Six of these programs were conducted.
During 1992 and 1993, Jayamanne was retained as a visiting lecturer at Sri Jayawardanapura University and Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo.
He extended the video production training classes to remote areas like Trincomalee (three programs), Horuwpatana (one program) and Negombo (two programs). These were conducted as one week full-time courses. The students were trained to use available still or mobile phone cameras for creating short films.
In 2002 he was called up by the Vietnam Television channels workers forum to conduct a workshop in Saigon.
Filmography
Producer and director
Cigarette Butt [සිගරෙට් කොටය] (1971) (35 mm short): represented Sri Lanka at the 1971 Popoli Film Festival
Documentary film (1971) (35mm short) on the visit of Pope Paul VI to Sri Lanka. [හය වන පාවුලු පාප් තුමාගේ ලංකා ගමන]
Flower in Bloom [පිපෙන කුසුම] (1973)(Super 8 short): presented at the 1973 OCIC Short Film Festival in Manila
Behind the Cinema of Sri Lanka (1983) A documentary on making of Sri Lankan films. Produced by OCIC Sri Lanka (45 minutes / 35mm /B&W)
Life of Joseph Vass [සාන්තවර ජෝසප් වාස් ජීවන චරිතය] (40 minutes / 35mm documentary), produced for Government Film Unit of Sri Lanka
In 1985 and 1986 Jayamanne was invited to attend the International Film and Teachers Seminar organised by the CDG of Germany in Mannheim.
Personal life
Married in 1972 To Bernadette Tissera. After marriage they moved to Eattukala, Negombo. They had 3 sons:
Asith Chaminda Jayamanne 1973
Dulip Lasantha Jayamanne 1975
Susith Eranda Jayamanne 1982
His wife died in 1990 after a long battle with cancer.
A felicitation ceremony was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his service to the cinema and Television industry, at the Russian Cultural Institute, Colombo, on 16 March 2012.[5]
References
^"Veteran cinematographer Andrew Jayamanne passes away". apisrilankan.com. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
^ ab Fernando, Susitha R. (11 April 2007). "'Rankiri Soya' gives kids a hand". Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
^. sunday observer. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
^ Fernando, Susitha R. (15 June 2008). "Daring Journey on Documentary". Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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Andrew Jayamanne ඇන ඩ ජයම න න alternative spelling Andrew Jayamanna 9 November 1943 29 August 2014 was a Sri Lankan cinematographer and film and television director and producer 1 2 Andrew JayamanneBornAndrew Felix Jayamanne 1943 11 09 9 November 1943Negombo Sri LankaDied29 August 2014 2014 08 29 aged 70 Milan ItalyNationalitySri LankanEducationArchdiocesan college of St Aloysius ColomboOccupation s Cinematographer film director film producerYears active1962 presentNotable workKopi KadeHaralakshaya හ රලක ෂය Mangala ම ගල Maruwa Samaga Vase මර ව සමග ව ස Handaya හඳය Palagatiyo පලග ට ය Siri Madura ස ර න වස Hansa Wilak හන ස ව ලක Thunveni Yamaya ත න ව න ය මය Suddilage Kathawa ස ද ද ල ග කත ව Julietge Bhoomikawa Sathipooja සත ප ජ SpouseBeranadeth ThisseraChildren3This article contains Indic text Without proper rendering support you may see question marks or boxes misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text Contents 1 Early life 2 Career beginnings 2 1 Professional career 3 Instructor 4 Filmography 4 1 Producer and director 4 2 Cinematographer 4 3 Television director 4 4 Television producer 4 5 Miscellaneous 5 Awards and recognition 5 1 Cinematographer awards 5 2 Other recognition 6 Personal life 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditJayamanne is the eldest of ten children born to Vincent Jayamanne and his wife Beatrice Perera He was raised in Periyamulla in Negombo the town on the Western sea coast where his father was born Jayamanne did his elementary studies at St Anthony s boys School Dalupotha Negombo In 1955 he joined the Archdiocesan College of St Aloysius Colombo with the intention of becoming a Catholic priest But due to a health condition on doctor s advice he had to abandon his studies and engage in manual labour Career beginnings Edit Ataweni Pudumaya Muhurath While at college Jayamanne s teachers recognised his love of photography and assigned him to handle the cinema and audio visual equipment in the college Later he joined the Radio amp Electronics Laboratory at Kotahena In 1962 he joined Vijaya Film Studios and Laboratories of Cinemas Limited at Hendala Wattala In 1962 he started his career as an assistant cameraman at the Vijaya Studios As an assistant cameraman and camera unit in charge he worked on over 40 feature films both domestic and international This gave him the opportunity to work under many cinematographers and to study film laboratory techniques sound studio work film editing production designing and production management Professional career Edit While working at Vijaya Studios Jayamanne met Sri Lankan director Titus Thotawatta In 1970 he left Vijaya to join Thotawatta in the production of Haralaksaya marking his debut as Director of Cinematography Jayamanne continued to work as Thotawatta s principle cinematographer through the latter s final film Handaya Jayamanne was employed by many other veteran directors and became a favourite of new directors for their debut projects His contribution to the films of Dharmasiri Bandaranayake Vasantha Obeysekera and Parakrama Niriella were highly acclaimed by cinema critics and Journalists of Sri Lanka In 1972 when the State Film Corporation called for registration of cinema technicians Jayamanne registered as film director script writer cinematographer film editor and production manager He is the only person in Sri Lanka to have been registered in five categories citation needed Instructor EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed August 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message In 1972 Jayamanne was invited to conduct classes for beginners interested in cinema and television at the Paul VI center Fort Colombo organised by the OCIC Sri Lanka He started training with Super 8 format and slide show programs Then as VHS came to industry it was introduced to beginners He held two short film festivals with his students at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute In 1983 Jayamanne had the opportunity to attend a professional video program training offered in Taipei by Santa Clara University Jayamanne was subsequently called up by the Television Training Institute Sri Lanka to train video technicians for Rupavahini and ITN the two national television channels The courses were later extended to train video teams of the Army Navy Police Education Agricultural health and many other government institutes In 1986 Andrew Jayamanne was commissioned to train the staff of ITN network studios During this course several practical programs were produced The long running ITN serial Kopi Kade is an offshoot of these training classes Kopi Kade drama was designed to be a low cost a multi camera production by shooting and editing on line within few hours Jayamanne organised another 6 months course for Television Program Production Training Institute for Media Centre at Deans Road Colombo Six of these programs were conducted During 1992 and 1993 Jayamanne was retained as a visiting lecturer at Sri Jayawardanapura University and Sri Lanka Foundation Institute Colombo He extended the video production training classes to remote areas like Trincomalee three programs Horuwpatana one program and Negombo two programs These were conducted as one week full time courses The students were trained to use available still or mobile phone cameras for creating short films In 2002 he was called up by the Vietnam Television channels workers forum to conduct a workshop in Saigon Filmography EditProducer and director Edit Cigarette Butt ස ගර ට ක ටය 1971 35 mm short represented Sri Lanka at the 1971 Popoli Film Festival Documentary film 1971 35mm short on the visit of Pope Paul VI to Sri Lanka හය වන ප ව ල ප ප ත ම ග ල ක ගමන Flower in Bloom ප ප න ක ස ම 1973 Super 8 short presented at the 1973 OCIC Short Film Festival in Manila Behind the Cinema of Sri Lanka 1983 A documentary on making of Sri Lankan films Produced by OCIC Sri Lanka 45 minutes 35mm B amp W Life of Joseph Vass ස න තවර ජ සප ව ස ජ වන චර තය 40 minutes 35mm documentary produced for Government Film Unit of Sri LankaCinematographer Edit Director name Film s Titus Thotawatta Haralakshaya හ රලක ෂය 1971Athithayen kathawak අත තය න කත වක 1972Sihasuna ස හස න 1974Mangala ම ගල 1976Sagarika ස ගර ක 1974Maruwa Samaga Vase මර ව සමග ව ස 1977Handaya හඳය 1979Vasantha Obeysekara Palagatiyo පලග ට ය 1979Parakrama Niriella SiriMadura ස ර ම ද ර 1989Dharmasiri Bandaranayake Hansa Wilak හන ස ව ලක 1980Thunveni Yamaya ත න ව න ය මය 1983Suddilage Kathawa ස ද ද ල ග කත ව 1985Jakson Anthony Julietge Bhoomikawa ජ ල ය ට ග භ ම ක ව 1998H D Premaratne Mangala Thaegga ම ගල ත ග ගය Sayelama ස ය ලම 1995Visidela ව ස ද ල 1997Mohan Nihas Yasoma යස ම 1997Eka Malaka Pethi එක මලක ප ත 2006Wimal Ranjith Fernando Sathipooja සත ප ජ 1984Christy Shelton Fernando Thahanam Gaha තහනම ගහ 2002Aragalaya අරගලය 1994Indrakeelaya ඉන දක ලය 2000Ranjith Kuruppu Pavna Raluviya පවන රල ව ය 1994K A W Perera Dhawala Pushpaya ධවල ප ෂ පය 1994Cyril Wickramage Sihina Lovak ස හ න ල වක 1972Domi Jayawardana Singapooru Charlie ස ගප ප ර ච ර ල 1972S G Samarasinghe Aasa ආස 1976Television director Edit Kopi Kade ක ප කඩ ITN channel 56 episodes Jayamanne served as the inaugural director of this long running Sri Lankan serial 3 Television producer Edit Gama Witthi ගම ව ත ත Rupavahini 12 episodes Dharmadhikaranaya ධර ම ධ කරණය ITN channel 52 episodes Sanathana Kathandara සන තන කතන දර Rupavahini 6 episodes Siri Nivesa ස ර න වස Sirasa channel 6 episodes Sasala Ruwa සසල ර ව Swarnavahini channel 22 episodes Chala Achala චල අචල Swarnavahini channel 22 episodes Rankira Sooya රන ක ර ස ය Swarnavahini channel 22 episodes 2 4 Damayanthi දමයන ත Awaiting release 20 episodes Miscellaneous Edit Technical director of Sudu Salu ස ද සල 2002 digital to film Videographer of Sammy Povel s Music Garden 1992 digital to film Awards and recognition EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Cinematographer awards Edit Haralakshaya හ රලක සය 1979 SIGNIS Award Critics cinema award Handaya හඳය SIGNIS Award President s cinema awards Mangala ම ගල Critics cinema awards Maruwa Samaga Vase මර ව සමග ව ස Critics cinema awards Palagatiyo පලග ට ය 1979 Sarasaviya Best Cinematographer Award President s cinema awards Siri Madura ස ර න වස Sarasaviya Best Cinematographer Award President s cinema awards Hansa Wilak හන ස ව ලක Critics cinema awards Thunveni Yamaya ත න ව න ය මය Sarasaviya Best Cinematographer Award President s cinema awards Suddilage Kathawa ස ද ද ල ග කත ව Critics cinema awards Julietge Bhoomikawa ජ ල ය ට ග භ ම ක ව SIGNIS Award Critics cinema awards Sayelama ස ය ලම 1993 President s cinema awards Sathipooja සත ප ජ President s cinema awardsOther recognition Edit Jayamanne is a member in the advisory board of the religious programs in Rupavahini ITN and Sri Lanka Broadcasting corporation Jayamanne was honoured as Kala Suru by The Cultural Guild of Sri Lanka Catholic Organization Jayamanne was appointed as Justice of Peace All Island In 1985 and 1986 Jayamanne was invited to attend the International Film and Teachers Seminar organised by the CDG of Germany in Mannheim Personal life EditMarried in 1972 To Bernadette Tissera After marriage they moved to Eattukala Negombo They had 3 sons Asith Chaminda Jayamanne 1973 Dulip Lasantha Jayamanne 1975 Susith Eranda Jayamanne 1982His wife died in 1990 after a long battle with cancer A felicitation ceremony was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his service to the cinema and Television industry at the Russian Cultural Institute Colombo on 16 March 2012 5 References Edit Veteran cinematographer Andrew Jayamanne passes away apisrilankan com 29 August 2014 Retrieved 15 August 2015 a b Fernando Susitha R 11 April 2007 Rankiri Soya gives kids a hand Sunday Times Retrieved 28 June 2012 ක ප කඩ sunday observer Archived from the original on 15 October 2012 Retrieved 2 July 2012 Fernando Susitha R 15 June 2008 Daring Journey on Documentary Sunday Times Retrieved 28 June 2012 See Video lt https www youtube com watch v mHl04py2Qwc amp feature colike gt Tribute to a legendary cinematographer Ceylon Today 15 March 2012 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 28 June 2012 External links EditAndrew Jayamanne at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew Jayamanne amp oldid 986453959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
