- Born
- Died
- Birth nameThotawattege Don Manuel Titus de Silva
- Nicknames
- Ti Mama
- Ti Mahaththaya
- Titus Thotawatte was born on April 17, 1927 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was an editor and director, known for Handaya (1979), Thewatha (1970) and Hara Lakshaya (1971). He died on October 15, 2011 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Thottawatte joined Lester James Peries and Willie Blake as editor to make Rekava in 1956. It was an attempt to make a truly Sinhalese movie in contrast with the Southern Indian copies then in vogue.
- When the first National Media Awards took place in Sri Lanka, Thotawatte, was awarded a gold medal for his contribution to television and media in Sri Lanka.
- Titus Thotawatte was a Sri Lankan director and editor who made several popular Sri Lankan action movies in the 1960s and 1970s and later developed Sinhala children's programmes.
- He attended Ananda College in Colombo and studied art under J.D.A. Perera and Stanley Abeysinghe and Matara Technical College.
- In 1980, Thotawatte wrote and directed the children's movie Handaya, which was awarded Best Picture at the Sarasaviya Film Festival.
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