Johnpaul George

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Johnpaul George
Born14 February
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Swathi Thirunal College of Music
Occupations
Years active2010–present

Johnpaul George is an Indian script writer and film director active in the Malayalam film industry. [1] He is best known for his debut film Guppy , which was released in August 2016.

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Personal life

Johnpaul George was born to K.V George and Reethamma George in Thuruthy, Changanassery.[ citation needed ] He graduated with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (B.P.A.), vocal in music, from Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram. However, while doing that course, he felt that he should pursue cinema. He was also strongly influenced by his mother in entering the film field.[ citation needed ]

Film career

He started his film career as a chief assistant director in the 2011 Rajesh Pillai–directed movie Traffic. Later, he was the associate director for Sameer Thahir in the following movies: Chaappa Kurishu , 5 Sundarikal , and Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi . He also worked as the production partner of 'E4 Entertainment' from 2013 to 2016. He made his directorial movie debut through the Malayalam movie Guppy , which was released in August 2016. [2] He is also the producer of Romancham , which was released in February 2023.

Awards

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Filmography

As director

YearTitleCredited asCastNotes
DirectorWriter
2016 Guppy" [4] YesYes Chethan Jayalal, Tovino Thomas, Sreenivasan
2019 Ambili [5] YesYes Soubin Shahir, Tanvi Ram, Naveen Nazim

As associate director

YearTitleNotes
2011 Chaappa Kurishu Associate Director
2013 5 Sundarikal Associate Director
2013 Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi Associate Director

As Chief Assistant Director

YearTitleNotes
2011 Traffic Chief Assistant Director

As producer

YearTitleNotes
2023 Romancham Produced by John Paul George and Girish Gangadharan [6]

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References

  1. "Musician turned filmmaker John Paul George talks about his debut film — Guppy". Hunt News.
  2. "Direction :John Paul George". Times of India .
  3. "SIIMA awards: Here's the winners list from Malayalam". Times of India. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. "'Ambili' is a feel-good film, says Johnpaul George". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. "Soubin Shahir in 'Guppy' director Johnpaul George's next 'Ambili'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. "Malayalam Film Romancham, Directed By Jithu Madhavan, Gets a Release Date". News 18. Retrieved 27 January 2023.