SenulaHerath

Intimate, character-driven stories. Raw emotion, grounded images.

Writer / Director / Cinematographer / Editor
Toronto · Showreel 2026 · 1:39
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Latest work · award winner

The film that broke the silence

Poster for Cigarettes and Silence with seven festival laurels
A D31 Films production · Mystery · Canada · 2026

CigarettesandSilence

A man drifts through the city at night, alone with his thoughts, his past, and one irreversible moment. In silence and cigarette smoke, fragments of memory surface, revealing the weight of choices that can never be undone.

Sometimes the loudest stories are told without a word.

  • Asian Independent Film FestivalWinner · Best Cinematography
  • Couch Film FestivalWinner · Best Mystery / Suspense / Thriller
  • Couch Film FestivalNominee · Best Actor
  • Ceylon International Film FestivalOfficial Selection
  • Lift-Off Global Network SessionsOfficial Selection
  • Filmmaker Sessions Vol. 3Official Selection
  • First-Time Sessions Vol. 3Official Selection
Asian Independent Film Festival certificate: Best Cinematography (Winner), awarded to Senula Herath

Written, directed, shot and edited by Senula Herath. Starring and produced by Amardeep Sanjay Pawar.

Selected films

Frames in motion

Senula Herath framing a shot on set beside the camera
On set · George Brown School of Media
About

Crafting emotion, one frame at a time

Stories rooted in personal and cultural identity, shot with raw feeling and honest light.

Senula Herath is a Toronto filmmaker and cinematographer. A graduate of George Brown Polytechnic's Video, Design & Production program, he writes, directs, shoots, lights and cuts his own films, and crews on others' as cinematographer, gaffer, key grip, assistant director, script supervisor and sound recordist.

He is developing his next short with a close creative team under his banner, D31 Films.

19Productions
651Days of work
2Festival wins
7Laurels
Camera & grip
  • Sony FX30
  • Sigma 18–50mm
  • DJI Ronin RS4
Post
  • DaVinci Resolve (edit & colour)
  • Premiere Pro
  • After Effects
  • Final Cut Pro
Education
  • Video, Design & Production, George Brown Polytechnic, 2025
  • Computer Science, QIB Campus, 2022
Work with me · Toronto & the GTA

What I bring to set

Filmography · 2023 – 2026

Every credit

Now booking

Let'stalk.

frankieherath@gmail.com