film location services industry film founded 1979 by chandran rutnam headquarters sri lanka area served worldwide key people chandran rutnam services filming location location scouting location shooting film production website http www.filmlocationservices.lk film location services which is now known as asian film locations services is a well known film location and production services company based in sri lanka . the company was founded by the sri lankan film maker chandran rutnam in 1979 and credited for the production of number of award winning films . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 taprobane pictures is its sister institution and studio for motion pictures and commercials . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit chandran rutnam was doing jobs in hollywood studios while he was pursuing his studies on a film school in los angeles . rutnam s break in selling sri lankan locations to international film makers came when he managed to convince john derek director of tarzan the apeman to shoot the film starring his wife bo derek in sri lanka rather than africa . steven spielberg refers to rutnam as our most valued friend in the far east . see also edit film production filming location location library location scouting location shooting list of christian film production companies list of film production companies list of film production companies by country list of film related topics references edit water the best foreign film at hollywood . the associated newspapers of ceylon ltd. sri lanka . 2007 01 28 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . deepa mehta s film water . the associated newspapers of ceylon ltd. sri lanka . 2006 04 30 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . film company sues mahaweli authority nfc . the associated newspapers of ceylon ltd. sri lanka . 2007 01 24 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . alimankada behind the scenes . upali newspapers limited . sri lanka . 2009 11 22 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . a land like no other for film locations . the associated newspapers of ceylon ltd. sri lanka . 2003 08 16 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . breaking the artificial barriers . the associated newspapers of ceylon ltd. sri lanka . 11 02 2007 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . check date values in date help water nominated for academy awards . the associated newspapers of ceylon ltd. sri lanka . 2007 01 26 . retrieved 2011 03 12 . hollywood gets tsunami plea . bbc . 05 02 2008 . retrieved 2011 03 16 . check date values in date help external links edit asian film location services pvt ltd. sri lanka film location services this article about a film production company or film distributor is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title film location services & oldid 603601653 categories cinema of sri lankacompanies established in 1979film company stubshidden categories cs1 errors datesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 april 2014 at 14 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view