A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Australia Writer-Director Ilanthirayan 'Alan' Arumugam was born in 1978 . Alan's creative journey started with a passion in poetry and writing, which further developed into directing Stage Plays and Cultural Events in University where he studied Business Administration and Accounting. Alan recalls the short film 'Copy Shop' (2001) by Virgil Widrich to be an eye-opener in his taste and perspective of Film making. With an appreciation for world films, he also gratefully attributes many of his script and character ideas to his unusual real-life experiences. Alan operates from Ysa Screen Media, an Australia-based creative studio which aims to create ground-breaking films to entertain global audiences by adding new flavors and visual patterns, blending realism and enthralling narrations. Having completed a Supernatural Thriller flick, Aiyai: Wrathful Soul in early 2020, which has received multiple awards and selections from Film Festivals around the world, Alan is working on the preproduction of his ambitious Action Thriller, Rocada His forthcoming directorial slate (in order of succession) are Rocada (In Development), The Nine Knights, and The Forgotten 1943. Rocada, Planned as a Hollywood / Australian co-production to be shot in Australia, brings to the screen a collection of distinct, eclectic characters which drive a fast-paced, stunt-laden, thriller story of Adrenaline-pumping misdirection with wide appeal. In his own words, "In the pursuit of my filmmaking quest, I have learned the value of a life well-lived from reading human minds and attributes, exploring life's eccentricities, and admiring the beauty and might of nature. I would like to delve into various genres, come up with unique ways of storytelling to establish special connections with my audience and stir their imaginations to whole new levels".
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.