Lester James Peries

Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered as the father of Sri Lankan cinema, Lester worked as a filmmaker from 1949 to 2006, and was involved in over 28 films, including shorts and documentaries.

5 April 1919

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Andrea Arnold • Dave Swarbrick • Duncan Spencer • Emre Güral • Fabio Vitaioli • Frank Gorshin • Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell • Ion Inculeț • Marcone (footballer, born 1978) • Motobu Chōki • Nicolas Beer • Roger Corman • Ruth Smith (artist) • Stanley Turrentine • Takayoshi Yamano • Tony Williams (singer) • Élodie Bouchez

Born in the same month (April 1919): Clairette Oddera • Delfo Cabrera • Edoardo Mangiarotti • Ervin Drake • Esther Afua Ocloo • Glafcos Clerides • Gérard Oury • István Anhalt • J. Presper Eckert • Joseph Murray • Licio Gelli • Madalyn Murray O'Hair • Nilla Pizzi • Oleg Penkovsky • Roger Lemelin • Roland Gaucher