Ellis Roderick Dungan (May 11, 1909 – December 1, 2001) was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil ...
Ellis R. Dungan
American film director
Ellis Roderick Dungan 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. Wikipedia
Born: May 11, 1909, Barton, OH
Died: December 1, 2001 (age 92 years), Wheeling, WV
Books: A Guide to Adventure
Education: University of Southern California and St. Clairsville High School
Ellis Dungan was born on 28 April 1908 in Ohio, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Meera (1945), The Jungle (1952) and Shakuntala (1940).
Ellis R. Dungan (born 1909 in the small town of Barton, Ohio) loved adventure. After high school, he hitchhiked to California where he would study at USC's ...
Sep 23, 2022 ˇ Ellis R. Dungan popularized contemporary makeup, the moving camera, and cabaret dance numbers for Tamil Cinema and moved Tamil cinema away from stage plays' ...
Dec 1, 2022 ˇ An American cinematographer, born in Ohio on May 11, 1909, an alumnus of University of Southern California's first batch of film students, ...
Ellis Roderick Dungan was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950.
Oct 15, 2019 ˇ Ellis R Dungan is one of the pioneers of tamil cinema. He came up with films like sathi leelavathi, ambikapathy and lot more. His most of the ...
Ellis Dungan Films ˇ Tiger Shikar in India - A Tiger Hunt in India by Ellis Dungan ˇ Inside India: Village Life in Southern India ˇ Ellis R. ˇ Sister Cities: Bombay ...
The American who shaped Tamil cinema: Ellis R. Dungan's story
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Dec 25, 2013 ˇ Trained as a cameraman in Hollywood, Dungan came to India to sell cinema equipment, stayed on for 17 years, and made a number of films. While on ...
Film-maker Ellis R. Dungan's adventures took him from the tiny coal town of Barton, Ohio, all the way to France, Spain, and India.