Rajee Samarasinghe

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1988-01-12 (37 years old)

Place of Birth

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Rajee Samarasinghe

Biography

Rajee Samarasinghe (b. 1988) is an award-winning filmmaker born and raised in Sri Lanka. His work tackles contemporary sociopolitical conditions in Sri Lanka through the scope of his own identity and the deconstruction of ethnographic practices. Rajee received his BFA from the University of California San Diego in 2010 and his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2016. He is currently working on his debut feature film, "Your Touch Makes Others Invisible," inspired by his childhood experiences during the Sri Lankan civil war—the project received a Sundance Documentary Fund grant. Rajee's work has been exhibited at venues internati...

Production

2021

the past

as Director

2021

2021

Misery Next Time

as Director

2018

Foreign Quarters

as Director

2015

2022

Strangers

as Director

2021

everyday star

as Cinematography

2021

everyday star

as Editor

2021

everyday star

as Production Design

2021

everyday star

as Special Effects

2021

everyday star

as Writer

2021

everyday star

as Producer

2014

Untitled (Horse)

as Director

2023

Lotus-Eyed Girl

as Director

2021

everyday star

as Director

2019

Untitled

as Screenplay

2019

Untitled

as Director

2020

2014

2020

2020

Sixteen Thousand Dollars

as Assistant Camera

2020

2020

2020

The Eyes of Summer

as Original Music Composer

2020

2020

The Eyes of Summer

as Director of Photography

2022

Strangers

as Writer

2025

2025

2025

2025

You’re a Shadow

as Cinematography

2025

2025

You’re a Shadow

as Production Design

2025

You’re a Shadow

as Sound Designer

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