
Aruna Ekanayake
Lecturer
Film and Media Arts, Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Office Location: Marion Knott Studios 266
Email: ekanayake@chapman.edu
Biography
Aruna Ekanayake received a Ph.D. in Film and Television from the UCLA School of Theater,
Film and Television. His current research considers how global political cinemas adopt
and reiterate Third Cinema practice and theory. His other research interests include
transnational cinema, cinema theory, experimental cinema, digital cinema, and documentary
history and theory.