Parakrama Niriella is a Drama, Film and TV Director, Script Writer in Sri Lanka. After getting academically training at Lional Wendt Art Centre Theatre Studio,Colombo in 1974 became a theatre veteran wining national awards from the state drama festivals during a decade. After studying, training and practicing Television and Film media he joined Sri Lanka Rupavahini (TV) Corporation as a producer of Drama Unit in 1982. He received International and National awards for his tele-films created and more he became a pioneering creator of serialized tele-dramas in
the country. He bagged major awards and high recognition for his feature films at film festivals. As a nature lover he produced video documentaries on environmental issues. Video documentaries produced by him on Japanese Theatre in 1991 are still used by universities in theatre studies. As a Cultural Actor, he practiced theatre arts as a tool for social integration during the conflict period in SriLanka.