Deshanabu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara
Popularly as Tissa Abeysekara
Born on 7 May 1939
Died on 18 April 2009 was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist. He is better known as a script writer for the cinema as well as a film director. In 1996, his book Bringing Tony Home won the prestigious Gratiaen Prize for the new creative writing in English. He was the chief coordinator of FOSWAL in Sri Lanka and honoured awardee of SAARC Literary Award.