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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-05-11 (115 years old)

Place of Birth

Barton, Ohio, U.S.

Ellis R. Dungan

Biography:

Ellis Roderick Dungan (May 11, 1909 – December 1, 2001), He was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950. He was an alumnus of the University of Southern California and moved to India in 1935. During his film career in South India, Dungan directed the debut films of several popular Tamil film actors, such as M. G. Ramachandran in Sathi Leelavathi, T. S. Balaiya and N. S. Krishnan.

Known For

Acting

2013

An American in Madras as Himself (Archive footage)

Directing

1950

Manthiri Kumari as Director

1945

Meera as Director
Valmiki as Director

1943

Dhaasippen as Director

1940

Sakuntalai as Director

1937

Ambikapathy as Director

1936

Sathi Leelavathi as Director
Iru Sahodarargal as Director

Production

1977

For Liberty and Union as Consulting Producer

Editing

1937

Ambikapathy as Editor

1936