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Manesh Madhavan | |
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| Born | Ernakulam, India |
| Alma mater | Film and Television Institute of India, Pune |
| Occupation | Cinematographer, Writer |
| Website | www |
Manesh Madhavan is an Indian cinematographer. He graduated from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talent Campus at 58th Berlin International Film Festival 2008. [1] A student of Polish Filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, Ellen Kuras ASC (At Berlinale 2008) and Santosh Sivan (at FTII Pune) and his credits includes feature films, documentaries, short films, advertisement films and music videos. He also worked as a Director of Photography for the Diploma Film of the famous University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) the United States of America. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Cinematographer in 2018 for the movie Aedan [2]
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aadmi Ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniya | Hindi | |
| 2011 | Green Bangles | Hindi | Short film |
| 2012 | Gundert the Man the Language | Malayalam | |
| 2012 | Afterglow | English | Short film |
| 2014 | Kapila | Malayalam | Documentary |
| 2014 | Garass | Hindi | Short film |
| 2015 | A Poet a City and a Footballer | Bengali | Documentary [3] |
| 2016 | Daftar | Hindi | |
| 2016 | Tree Of Tongues in Tripura | Malayalam | [4] [5] [6] |
| 2017 | Samarpanam | Malayalam | [7] |
| 2018 | Padmini | Malayalam | [8] |
| 2018 | Aedan- Garden of Desire | Malayalam | Won 'Rajatha Chakoram for the Best Debut Director' at 22nd IFFK. [9] [10] [11] Kerala State Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2018 | Joseph | Malayalam | |
| 2021 | 19(1)(A) | Malayalam | |
| 2022 | Ela Veezha Poonchira | Malayalam | Kerala State Award for Best Cinematographer |
| 2022 | Wonder Women | English |
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
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| 2016 | Tree Of Tongues in Tripura | Malayalam | Feature film [4] [1] [6] |
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