Udaya Dharmawardhana

Udaya Dharmawardhana born in Sri Lanka, began his career as an artistic photographer and he continued his desire to see the world around him through the frame, by becoming a videographer and shortly then cinematographer. After working as a program producer in a leading TV station in Sri Lanka for few years, he became one of the most prominent music video directors in the country who severely contributed to form a music video art in Sri Lanka taking it into a new approach. Udaya, still contributing himself with a lot of alternative films and short film productions has become an inspiring personage among his contemporaries and upcoming young artists in Sri Lanka. Udaya's visual style and his inspirations are mostly attached with urban experiences. The hardship he experienced himself in the city have helped him with better understanding of the alienated young lives within urban surroundings. "Miles of a Dream" is his first feature film, which is a co-production of France and Sri Lanka. The film is based on the psychology of pain and suffers, on that point where we think that the approaching option is the salvation, where we step into the next closest thing without even having logical thought or evaluation about matters and where we take decisions blindly. He was awarded as a "Most promising director" for this film, in a leading film festivals in Sri lanka at 2013-2014. Also he won many awards for the official music video of "Miles of a dream" - (Ashes of memory haunting) 2013, Best movie adaptation music video and best performance.