Shelton Payagala Explained

Shelton Payagala
Birth Date:	1944
Birth Place:	Hatton, Sri Lanka
Death Place:	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality:	Sri Lankan
Party:	Leftist

Payagalage Don Shirley Shelton (born in 1944 in Hatton, Sri Lanka - died 23 June 2009) was a film director and writer^[1] who began as an acting instructor in the mid-1970s.

Biography

Shelton studied at Sri Pada Vidyalaya, Hatton, 1956 to 1960 and Prince of Wales, Moratuwa. He had been an active member in the literature, cinema and stage circles. Following the examples set by literary giants like Martin Wickramasinghe and G B Senanayake, Payagala had started his stint with the art scene by scripting several theater plays and poems.^[2] He has conducted several workshops in Film appreciation and Philosophy at the Subodhi Human Development Center in Piliyandala. His influence and teaching were the foundation for a young generation starting a career in art in Sri Lanka.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Filmography

• Golu Muhude Kunatuwa (1991)^[7]
• Malata Noena Bambaru (1982) ^[8]

Publication

• Wisivana Siyavase Wishmaya Charli Chaplin 1st Edition^[9]

Notes and References

1. http://www.citwf.com/person60460.htm The Complete Index to World Film
2. http://sundaytimes.lk/070520/TV/tv_1.html
3. https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2006/11/26/mag01.asp
4. Web site: Online edition of Daily News - News . 2009-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090626072846/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/02/06/new20.html . 26 June 2009 . dmy-all . Daily News, by Nadira Gunatilleke (6 February 2004), "Institute hopes to promote Lanka, China ties ", Retrieved 2 May 2009
5. News: lankatruth. 23 June 2009 . Shelton Payagala is no more.
6. News: dailynews. 1 July 2009 . Gifted filmmaker bids adieu.
7. http://sundaytimes.lk/010902/tv.html
8. Web site: All about the film "Malata Noena Bambaru" . 2021-01-12 . sarasaviya.
9. http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:pm5oryWQQ0cJ:www.vijithayapa.com/v3/pdesc.php%3Fid%3D3100+%22Shelton+Payagala%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=us vijithayapa.com