Chandran Rutnam
Chandran Rutnam | |
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Film-making, Aviation | |
Title | President and CEO of Asian Film Locations Services Ex-Chairman of Lionair Chairman of Asian Aviation Centre |
Children | 5 |
Awards | Sarasaviya Award - Best Camera
Presidential Awards - Best Picture New York International Television and Film Awards - Best Film Madrid International Film Festival - Best Director |
Website | Asian Film Locations Services Asian Aviation Centre |
Chandran Rutnam is a Sri Lankan filmmaker and entrepreneur.[2][3]
Rutnam has hosted numerous
Rutnam wrote the screenplay, produced, directed and edited the film
Rutnam was the founder of Lionair, a defunct Sri Lankan airline, and owns the Asian Aviation Centre, an aeronautical engineering and flying academy. [citation needed]
Family
Rutnam was born to a
Life and career
Rutnam was a school boy when David Lean arrived in Sri Lanka to shoot his
Rutnam also dreamt of making a mark in the aviation field. He stated, "I was the sort of guy who would go to an airport and watch the planes taking off. I remember as a kid, I went to the Colombo port and watched the ships coming and going out. I do not know whether it was wanderlust or freedom of movement. I do not know which one it was. Some years ago a friend of mine and I decided that we should have an airline."[8] He founded Asian Aviation Centre and Lionair. Lionair was established in October 1993 and started its operations on 24 October 1994. Lionair suspended its domestic services when Lionair Flight 602, an Antonov An-24 aircraft went missing shortly after it took off from Jaffna in 1998, but resumed services in October 2002.[9]
Filmography
Theatrical releases
Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Editor | Other | Notes |
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1981 | Tarzan, the Ape Man | Yes | Production Manager | ||||
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Yes | Production Manager | ||||
Adara Kathawa | Yes | Yes | |||||
1986 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | Yes | Production Manager | ||||
The Kiss of the Cobra | Yes | ||||||
1987 | Der Stein des Todes
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Yes | |||||
1988 | Farewell to the King | Yes | Production Manager | ||||
The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck | Yes | Production Manager | |||||
A Dangerous Life | Yes | ||||||
1989 | The Iron Triangle | Yes | Production Manager | ||||
Shadow of the Cobra | Yes | ||||||
1990 | Witness to a Killing - Janelaya | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Ghosts Can't Do It | Yes | Associate Producer
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1992 | Spooks | Yes | Production Manager | ||||
Indochine | Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
Fifty/Fifty | Yes | Production Manager | |||||
1993 | La porte du ciel (français) |
Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
Le prix d'une femme (français) |
Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
Poronduwa - The Promise | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
1994 | Le Livre De Cristal | Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
1995 | Madara Parasathu | Yes | |||||
Beyond Rangoon | Yes | Production Manager | |||||
L'enfant des Rues (français) |
Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
1996 | Robo Warriors | Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
Bloodsport 2
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Yes | ||||||
Victory | Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
Caught | Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
1997 | Les mystères de Sadjurah | Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
Paradise Road | Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
Bloodsport III | Yes | ||||||
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | Yes | Associate Producer
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Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor | Yes | ||||||
1998 | D'or et de Safran (français) |
Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
The Son of Sandokan | Yes | Production Manager | |||||
Iqbal (Italino) |
Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
1999 | Pilgrimage - Theertha Yathra | Yes | |||||
2000 | Straße ins Paradies (Deutsch) |
Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
Der Kaptan (Deutsch) |
Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
2001 | Un dono Semplice (Italino) |
Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
2002 | Mansion by the Lake - Wekanda Walauwa | Yes | |||||
Love 2002 | Yes | ||||||
The Hostages | Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
2003 | Mother Teresa of Calcutta | Yes | Production Manager | ||||
The Sleeping Dictionary | Yes | ||||||
2006 | Spie Lies & Alibis | Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
Water | Yes | Production Manager | |||||
Fisherman's Daughter – Dheewari | Yes | ||||||
2009 | Victory | Yes | Production Supervisor | ||||
The Road from Elephant Pass | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
2010 | Agyaat | Yes | |||||
2011 | Ready | Yes | Line Producer
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2012 | Mille Soya | Yes | Co-Producer | ||||
Train to Kandy | Yes | Executive Producer
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Jism 2 | Yes | Production Supervisor | |||||
2013 | A Common Man | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
2014 | According to Mathew
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Yes | Yes | ||||
2015 | Prince of Malacca | Yes | Executive Producer
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Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1990 | Sarasaviya Award | Best Camera | Witness to a Killing – Janelaya | Won |
1999 | Presidential Awards | Best Picture | Pilgrimage - Theertha Yathra | Won |
2011 | New York International Television and Film Awards | Best Film | The Road from Elephant Pass | Won (Finalist Award) |
2013 | Madrid International Film Festival | Best Director | A Common Man | Won |
Gallery
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William Holden and Chandran Rutnam during the shooting of The Bridge on the River Kwai
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George Lucas and Chandran Rutnam
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Chandran Rutnam with John Derek and Bo Derek
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Harrison Ford and Chandran Rutnam on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom which was shot in Hantana, Sri Lanka in 1983
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Steven Spielberg and Chandran Rutnam on location in Sri Lanka during the filming of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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Rutnam with Steven Spielberg at a benefit honoring Spielberg (December 9, 2009)
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Anton Wickremasinghe, Chandran Rutnam (center) and Alfred Hitchcock at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
See also
References
- ^ "Chandran Rutnam". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "RUTNAM: like in the movies". Daily News. September 25, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Breaking the artificial barriers". Sunday Observer. February 11, 2007. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Dream locales in Lanka". Nirupama Subramaniam. Archived from the original on December 26, 2005. Retrieved February 4, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d "Moving movie man dreams on". Bandula Jayasekara. Retrieved February 4, 2008.
- ^ a b "Hollywood gets Tsunami plea". BBC. January 19, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
- ^ "Lankans' film wins three awards". The Island. July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ^ "Demand for local pilots increasing". The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. August 31, 2009. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ Flight International 5–11 April 2005