Andrew Jayamanne

Haralakshaya [හාරලක්ෂය] Mangala [මංගලා] Maruwa Samaga Vase [මරුවා සමග වාසේ] Handaya [හඳයා] Palagatiyo [පලගැටියෝ] Siri Madura [සිරි නිවස] Hansa Wilak [හන්ස විලක්] Thunveni Yamaya [තුන්වෙනියාමය] Suddilage Kathawa [සුද්දිලාගේ කතාව] Julietge Bhoomikawa Andrew Jayamanne ඇන්ඩෘ ජයමාන්න (alternative spelling Andrew Jayamanna, 9 November 1943 – 29 August 2014) was a Sri Lankan cinematographer, and film and television director and producer.

His contribution to the films of Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Vasantha Obeysekera and Parakrama Niriella were highly acclaimed by cinema critics and Journalists of Sri Lanka.

[citation needed] In 1972, Jayamanne was invited to conduct classes for beginners interested in cinema and television at the Paul VI center, Fort, Colombo, organised by the OCIC Sri Lanka.

In 1983 Jayamanne had the opportunity to attend a professional video program training offered in Taipei by Santa Clara University.

The courses were later extended to train video teams of the Army, Navy, Police, Education, Agricultural, health, and many other government institutes.

"Kopi Kade" drama was designed to be a low cost a multi-camera production by shooting and editing on line within few hours.

Jayamanne organised another 6 months course for "Television Program Production Training Institute" for Media Centre at Deans Road, Colombo.

A felicitation ceremony was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his service to the cinema and Television industry, at the Russian Cultural Institute, Colombo, on 16 March 2012.