Biography

Dolewatte Appuhamillage Thisura Naveen Jayathilaka, born on December 4, 1997, in Kegalle, Sri Lanka, is an actor and co-founder of Weekend Underground Filmmakers (WUF). He made his acting debut in 2018 with the short film Shoes, in which he played the lead role of a shoemaker. In 2019, he enrolled at the Colombo Film School, where he worked on and contributed to several student short films. In 2024, he co-founded WUF with several filmmakers from his hometown.