Upali Ariyasiri

Stage Manager
Events Manager
Location: Battaramulla South, Sri Lanka

Other

My Contact Number:
+94 773075369

Credits

Year	Job Title Project Type	Project Name Director / Company	Location
2022	Visuals Director \| TV Television	Dr. Nanda Malini's Visualising \| Two Songs Upali Ariyasiri \| Link U Creations	Elphinstone Theatre \| Colombo \| Sri Lanka
2022	Director TV Television	I D B - Industrial Development Board \| Television Documentary Upali Ariyasiri \| Link U Creations	I D B - Head Office \| Ekala, Horana, Pallekele Industrial Zones
2022	Event \| Stage Manager \| Making of Nominees Clips Event	Raigam Tele'es - 2020 \| 2021 Upali Ariyasiri \| Link U Creations	Nominations Evening at Waters Edge \| Awards Night at Shangri-La - Colombo
2020	Creative Director / Event Manager Event	The Toxin - Free National Fair and Exhibition Link U Creations	BMICH
2019	Event / Stage Manager & Making of Nominees Clips Event	Raigam Tele’es - The Nation’s Tele Award, Upali Ariyasiri / Link U Creations	NPMRT - Nelum Pokuna Theatre
2018	Stage Manager / Sets & Props Television	Hiru Golden Film Awards Hiru TV Production / Link U Creations	SIS - Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lnka
2018	Stage Manager / Lighting Director Theatre	'MUDRA' - Festival of Dance & Drama Ravibandu Vidyapathy / Link U Creations	Lionel Wendt Theatre - Colombo

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
1990	TV Productions & Journalism - RNTC ,Television Training - ENG & EFP Productions - AIBD Malaysia / NHK - 1985	RNTC - Radio Netherland Training Center – Netherlands Diploma in Journalism - University of Colombo – Sri Lanka

Equipment

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I can use:

About me

I am a Freelancer in my Country-Sri Lanka.
From 1983 working as a Producer / Director to
Sri Lanka Rupavahini(TV)Corporation.
After 22 years I was started Link U Creations for total Solutions of
TV,Events & Stage Management.
Additional skills:
Creating & designing concepts for TV & Events/Stage productions including pre-planning, pre-production and all preparations for customer satisfaction in locally and internationally.

Working with production and technical crews, Coordinating and conducting on stage rehearsals with all artist, sets, props, costumes &
other departments, preparing floor plan,
programme line-up with the script.
Industry awards:
Honors & Awards

STATE MUSIC AWARDS – 2013 Special Awards for 'Saroja’ Song Visualization

SONY VIDEO CONTEST – TOKYO – JAPAN – 1999 Best Regional Programme (which is the first award ever to be given to an individual in Sri Lanka in appreciation of his level of accomplishment)

SUMATHI AWARDS – 1998 BEST MUSICAL TV PROGRAMME

ASIA DISCOVERY – NHK – JAPAN – 1997 Special Commandment for Co-Directing

SUMATHI AWARDS – 1997 BEST MUSICAL TV PROGRAMME

GOLDEN CLEF AWARD – 1993 BEST LOCAL MUSIC VIDEO

PRIX JONESES INTERNATIONAL – WEST GERMANY – 1990 An Honoree Mention “BOSOM FRIENDS” Tele Drama (Assistant Director)
Referees:
01) SLRC - Sri Lanka Rupavahini (TV) Corporation.

02) BMICH - Bandaranaika Memorial Intrenational Conferance Hall.

03) NPMRT - Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre
Additional information:
1) Single Camera Productions – EFP & ENG
2) Multi Camera Productions – Live & Recorded
3) Lighting Designing / Directing - Theatre,
Cooperate Events & TV
4) Stage Management – Theatre & TV
5) Event Management – Theatre,Cooperate Events & TV
6) Making of TV/Film Documentary
7) Making of Music Video

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Events Manager
Job Titles	Director, Stage Manager, Creative Director, Events Management / Support
Years in industry	6+ years