Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1909-05-11 00:00:00
Birth Place:Barton, Ohio, U.S.
Known For:Directing
Death Date:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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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.
Filmography (13)
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An American in Madras
Role: Himself (Archive footage)2013
Sakuntalai
director1940
For Liberty and Union
consulting producer1977
Ambikapathy
director1937
Ambikapathy
editor1937
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Sathi Leelavathi
director1936
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Iru Sahodarargal
director1936
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Dhaasippen
director1943
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Meera
director1945
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Manthiri Kumari
director1950
Valmiki
director1945
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Sathi Leelavathi
editor1936
The Jungle
associate producer1952