Udana Fonseka
- Producer
- Actor
- Director
Udana Fonseka was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. His father was a software engineer and his mother is a theater actress. He was inspired to become a filmmaker at the age of eight, after watching Jurassic Park (1993).
Udana studied at the prestigious Royal College, Colombo. In 2004 he attended a film workshop held by Samy Pavel and in the same year he wrote, produced and directed Hope (2005), a short film about a victim of the 2004 Tsunami.
In 2009 he co-founded the production company Grindout Productions and a year later went on to direct and produce his first feature film Train to Kandy (2012), becoming one of the youngest movie producers from Asia.
Udana studied at the prestigious Royal College, Colombo. In 2004 he attended a film workshop held by Samy Pavel and in the same year he wrote, produced and directed Hope (2005), a short film about a victim of the 2004 Tsunami.
In 2009 he co-founded the production company Grindout Productions and a year later went on to direct and produce his first feature film Train to Kandy (2012), becoming one of the youngest movie producers from Asia.
