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Robin Tampoe
Robin Tampoe (29 December 1930 – 22 March 2000) was a pioneering film maker from Sri Lanka. He hailed from the Sri Lankan Tamil community but most of his movies were made in the Sinhala language. He is the son of another pioneering filmmaker, W.M.S Tampoe.
R. C. Tampoe was born in Jaffna and was the director of over 20 Sinhalese movies released between 1959 and 1974. 
Robin Tampoe directed 15 feature films in Sinhala made between 1958 and 1974: 
1. Sepali (18 October
Rita Fernando, an ethnic Sinhalese from Ja-ela. They had six children, born between 1961 and 1969. Their eldest daughter Vilasnee Tampoe-Hautin is Full Professor at the University of La Réunion. The other five children are namely daughters Thiranee, Dulanee, and Yuanee and two sons Sanjeeva and Robin. Vilasnee Tampoe authored the biography of Robin Tampoe in 2008: Not only does the book trace the career of Robin Tampoe but also reveals the deeper issues that underpinned the film industry during its formative phase (1947–1967).