Asoka Handagama

Personal Info

Known For Director

Asoka Handagama

Biography

Asoka Handagama was born in 1962 in South Sri Lanka. He studied mathematics, before working for Sri Lanka’s Central Bank. He is considered as one of the “Third Generation” in Sri Lankan cinema. Asoka Handagama's entry to filmmaking was via theatre and television. His first two plays gained immediate recognition as they won several awards, but he had his true break-through with Magatha. He started to direct movies for television. His debut feature Moon Lady won many awards but he gained international recognition with This is my Moon (2000)

Known For

Director

2021
2019
Asandhimitta

as Director

2018
2016
Let Her Cry

as Director

2012
Him, Here, After

as Director

2010
My Kind of Hero

as Director

2005
A Letter of Fire

as Director

2002
2000
This Is My Moon

as Director

1998
Moon Lady

as Director

Writer

2019
Asandhimitta

as Writer

2012
Him, Here, After

as Screenplay

2010
My Kind of Hero

as Writer

2005
2002
Flying with One Wing

as Screenplay

2000
This Is My Moon

as Writer