Akhil George

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Akhil George
Born
Akhil George

(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 34)
Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupations
Years active2017–present

Akhil George [1] [2] [3] is an Indian cinematographer, who works predominantly in the Malayalam cinema industry. He is a graduate of the B.Tech in Electronics and Media Technology at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore.

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Career

He started his career with the debut movie Adventures of Omanakkuttan in 2017 along with his college mate Rohith V.S, who directed the movie. Later gained acceptance for his collaborations with Rohith for the critically acclaimed movies Iblis and Kala. He did project design and jointly produced the movie Kala (2021 film) along with actor Tovino Thomas and Rohith V.S. [4]

Awards

He received the 2018 Vayalar Rama Varma Film Awards for Best Cinematography [5] [6]

Filmography

As cinematographer
YearFilmDirectorNotes
2017 Goodalochana Thomas Sebastian
Adventures of Omanakkuttan Rohith V. S.
2018 Iblis Rohith V. S.
2019 Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel B. Unnikrishnan
2020 Forensic Akhil Paul
2021 Kala Rohith V. S.
The Priest Jofin T. Chacko
2022 CBI 5: The Brain K. Madhu [7]
2023Aap Kaise Ho?Vinay Jose
2018 Jude Anthany Joseph [8]
TBA Identity Akhil Paul and Anas Khan [9]
As Producer
YearFilmDirectorNotes
2021 Kala Rohith V. S.

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