Biju Viswanath

Biju Viswanath is an Indian film director, director of photography, film editor and screenwriter. Across various genres, he has made numerous films in different languages, notably, English, Tamil, Malayalam, Irish, Swahili & Urdu.

Biju Viswanath
Occupation(s)Film Director, Screenwriter, Director of Photography, Film Editor
Websitewww.bijuviswanath.com

He has also served as the jury member 50th National film Awards of India in 2003 and Kerala State Awards in 2003

Career

Viswanath's directorial debut A Voyage is based on the works of Indian writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair, which was produced by veteran Malayalam screenwriter John Paul Puthusery. The movie premiered in Busan International Film Festival, and won the gold medal for Best Short Film in India as well as an Honourable Mention in Zanzibar International Film Festival.

His Urdu film Parwaaz (The Flight) won Special Prize in Patras Film Festival.[1] Viswanath won two awards for Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay in New York Independent Film Festival for his feature film Marathon (2010).

His English feature film Déjàvu, which was produced by editor A. Sreekar Prasad, featuring various British actors, had its international premiere at Busan International Film Festival in 2001[2] and at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival.[3] Another feature film of his,Viola, won Golden palm in the Mexico International Film festival.[4]

Viswanath made three Irish films based on the works on the poet writer Celia de Fréine.[5]

His First American Feature film Marathon is based on the true story of American poet William Morris Meredith, Jr. Viswanath won two awards for Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay in New York Independent Film Festival for Marathon (2010).[1]

Viswanath's venture in Swahili is Shadow Tree, a film which was shot in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The film won the Special Award in Skepto Film Festival in Italy,[6]

His Indian feature film Orange Mittai Tamil was co-written and produced by Vijay Sethupathi.[7] Another Tamil drama film Chennai Palani Mars won two awards in USA: Grand jury prize in Los Angeles Motion Picture film festival[8] and Best narrative feature in Pinnacle film Awards.[8]

Filmography
Year Film Language Notes
1995Peter ScottMalayalam
1998A Voyage (silent)
2000O. Henry StoriesMalayalam
2001DejavuEnglish[9]
2003Music Videos MTVHindi
2004Second ComingEnglish
2005Zodiac TalesEnglish
2006Sign of FourEnglish
2006Grand FestivalHindi
English
2007LorgIrish
2008ParwaazUrdu
2008RianIrish
2009OshizemiJapanese
2010MarathonEnglish
2011ViolaEnglish
2012The NailEnglish
2013MafiosiItalian
2013Shadow TreeSwahili
2014Thief and Wind chimeTamil
2015Orange MittaiTamil
2017Living is EasyEnglish
2019Chennai Palani MarsTamil
2021Transcendental LayoverEnglish
2022How to make F**kd Up MoviesEnglish
2022Covid KarmaEnglish

Awards
  • 2009: Best Cinematography at New York City International Film Festival: Marathon
  • 2011: Golden Palm Award at Mexico International Film Festival: Viola
  • 2014: SIGNIS Award for Best Short Film at Zanzibar International Film Festival and Avant-guarde & Experimental Special Award at Skepto Film Festival: Shadow Tree
  • 2019: Gold Award for Best Feature Film at Pinnacle Film Awards: Chennai Palani Mars
  • 2022: Best of Show and Best Feature Documentary at Pinnacle Film Awards: How to make F**ked Up Movies

References
  1. "Awards of 8th International Panorama of Independent Filmakers". Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  2. "Busan International Film Festival". Busan International Film Festival. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. "'Deja Vu' selected for Locarno festival". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. Mexico International Film Festival and Awards Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  5. Project, Happiness (23 March 2008). "Biju Viswanath's Irish Film based on Poems". Bioscope. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  6. "Shadow tree | Skepto International Film Festival".
  7. Rinku Gupta (11 February 2014). "Vijay Sethupathi's Maiden Production gets International Director". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. "Vijay Sethupathi's next movie wins International awards! – Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20011213224551/http://movies.indiainfo.com/malayalam/reviews/index.html
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