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Aliases: Ellis Roderick Dungan , Ellis Dungan , ఎల్లిస్ ఆర్. డంగన్

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Barton, Ohio, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 10

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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.

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Valmiki
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Valmiki

(1945) Director
Ambikapathy
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Ambikapathy

(1937) Editor
Sathi Leelavathi
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Sathi Leelavathi

(1936) Editor
Manthiri Kumari
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Manthiri Kumari

(1950) Director
Dhaasippen
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Dhaasippen

(1943) Director
Meera
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Meera

(1945) Director
Iru Sahodarargal
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Iru Sahodarargal

(1936) Director

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2013 Himself (Archive footage)
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1937 Editor
1936 Editor
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