welcome to the 2008 website & blog for date number one

3/16/08

About the Writer/Director of Date Number One, Sujewa Ekanayake













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Sujewa Ekanayake

Photo Copyright 2008 Sujewa Ekanayake/Wild Diner Films
Films

Recent features:
*Indie Film Blogger Road Trip, feature documentary, 2008
- Producer, Director, Videographer, Editor, Distributor

* Date Number One, feature comedy, 2006 (re-cut in 2008 for the DVD release in late February 2009)
- Producer, Writer, Director, Videographer, Editor, Distributor

* Capital Heartbreak & Sweetness: 17 DC Poets, 1 hour long documentary/performance video featuring DC area poets, 2002
- Director, Videographer, Editor

Recent shorts:

* 1 Apartment in America, March 2008 (2008), short - 5 mins., completed, will be released in 2009

* Magnus & The Air Quotes Woman (2007), short - 5 mins., available at Funny or DIE on the web, will be available on a DVD in 2009

* Rock Collection (filmed in 2007), short, in post, will be released in 2009

* Dimensional Portal (filmed in 2007), short, in post, will be released in 2009

Earlier work:

* Wild Diner (1999), feature - 70 mins., might be re-edited and released as a short at some point in the future or maybe released as originally screened on a future DVD

* Fresh Coffee (1992), short - 15 mins., might be made available on a DVD in the future

Blogging

I blog at several places, including, and mostly, at the indieWIRE carried blog DIY Filmmaker Sujewa

Other info.

I live in Brooklyn, New York and travel often to DC/Maryland. Right around mid-30's in age. Born in Sri Lanka & have been living in the US, mostly in the DC area, since the mid-80's. Moved to Brooklyn in December 2008.
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So that's the short bio & resume. A more detailed one may be coming soon.
Contact: wilddiner@aol.com

- Sujewa