Rajee Samarasinghe
Known for
Directing
Born
January 12, 1988 (age 38)
Birthplace
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Biography
Rajee Samarasinghe (b. 1988) is an award-winning filmmaker born and raised in Sri Lanka. His work tackles contemporary sociopolitical conditions in Sri Lanka through the scope of his own identity and the deconstruction of ethnographic practices. Rajee received his BFA from the University of California San Diego in 2010 and his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2016. He is currently working on his debut feature film, "Your Touch Makes Others Invisible," inspired by his childhood experiences during the Sri Lankan civil war—the project received a Sundance Documentary Fund grant.
Rajee's work has been exhibited at venues internationally including the Tiger Short Competition at th...
Best known work
If I Were Any Further Away I'd Be Closer to Home
2016
Show Me Other Places
2021
black widow summer set
2015
Misery Next Time
2021
the past
2021
Foreign Quarters
2018
Strangers
2022
everyday star
2021
Untitled (Horse)
2014
Your Touch Makes Others Invisible
2025Filmography
2026
2025
And I Arise (Reprise)Director, Editor, Director of Photography
2025
You're a ShadowDirector, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Production Design, Sound Designer
2025
Your Touch Makes Others InvisibleDirector, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
2023
Lotus-Eyed GirlDirector
2022
StrangersDirector, Writer
2021
everyday starWriter, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Production Design, Special Effects, Director
2021
Show Me Other PlacesDirector
2021
Misery Next TimeDirector
2021
the pastDirector
2020
Imitation of LifeDirector
2020
Sixteen Thousand DollarsAssistant Camera
2020
The Eyes of SummerDirector, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Editor
2019
UntitledDirector, Screenplay
2018
Foreign QuartersDirector
2018
The Exile (Pituvahalaya)Director
2017
The Spectre Watches Over HerDirector
2016
2015
black widow summer setDirector
2014
Untitled (Horse)Director
2014
The Queen of MaterialDirector