Ellis R. Dungan

Profile info

Known forDirecting

GenderMale

Birthday11 May 1909

Died1 December 2001 (age 92)

Place of birthBarton, Ohio, U.S.

Known credits11

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.

An American in Madras

2013 · Self (archive footage)