Chandran Rutnam
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Rutnam in 2008
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| Born |
Chandran Rutnam July 22, 1948 Ceylon |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Film-making |
| Title | President and CEO of Asian Film Locations Services Ex-Chairman of Lionair Chairman of Asian Aviation Centre |
| Children | James, Daniel, Evelyn, Chanel, Danara |
| Website |
Asian Film Locations Services Asian Aviation Centre |
Chandran Rutnam is a Sri Lankan film maker and entrepreneur.
Rutnam has hosted numerous Hollywood films for their location shoots in Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
He was the Line Producer/Production Supervisor on several international productions including the Sri Lankan location shoot of Paramount Pictures' Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Indochine (1992).
Steven Spielberg once referred to Rutnam as "Our most valued friend in the Far East".
Rutnam has had the distinction of working with Sir David Lean, Sir Carol Reed, John Boorman, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Regis Wargnier.
Rutnam wrote the screenplay, produced, directed and edited the film The Road from Elephant Pass, which was a Finalist Award Winner at the New York International Television and Film Awards in 2011.
He wrote the adapted screenplay and produced and directed, A Common Man with Academy Award Winner Sir Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross. The film was nominated for the four main awards at the Madrid International Film Festival in 2013. The film won the Best Picture, Best Director and the Best Actor Awards in that year.
He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Asian Film Location Services which mostly hosts foreign films to be shot in South and South East Asia.
He is the founder of Lionair, the once-popular Sri Lankan airline and owns the Asian Aviation Centre, an aeronautical engineering and flying academy in Sri Lanka.
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