About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1909-05-11
Place of birth:
Barton, Ohio, U.S.
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Ellis R. Dungan

Overview

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 Actor Himself (Archive footage) 59
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Directing
1950 Manthiri Kumari Directing Director N/A
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1945 Meera Directing Director N/A
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1945 Valmiki Directing Director N/A
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1943 Dhaasippen Directing Director N/A
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1940 Sakuntalai Directing Director N/A
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1937 Ambikapathy Directing Director N/A
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1936 Sathi Leelavathi Directing Director N/A
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1936 Iru Sahodarargal Directing Director N/A
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Production
1977 For Liberty and Union Production Consulting Producer N/A
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Editing
1937 Ambikapathy Editing Editor N/A
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1936 Sathi Leelavathi Editing Editor N/A
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