Prejish Prakash

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Prejish Prakash
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Born (1986-02-24) 24 February 1986 (age 37)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active2009–present
SpouseDiana Prejish

Prejish Prakash is an Indian film editor working primarily in Malayalam cinema. He is also a web designer and an entrepreneur. Other than feature-film editing he edited various documentaries, advertisements, Corporate videos, Film trailers etc. in his career. [1]

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Early life and education

He did his schooling from Mount Bethany EHSS, [2] and graduate with a degree in Multimedia from St Joseph College of Communication in 2007. [3]

Editing career

He began his editing career by joining Yes Indiavision Satellite Communications as a video editor in 2008. [4] His passion for movies and film editing lead him to step into the film industry. He worked as an associate editor with the editors V. T. Sreejith and Arun Kumar Aravind in various movies.

Prejish started working as an independent film editor in the film Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O. in 2012.

In 2013, Prejish edited the movie Philips and the Monkey Pen which completed 111 days in theatres and was a huge commercial success at the boxoffice. [5] This film also won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film, Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist [6] and Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film Director.

He is the founder of the firm Peppino Studios and School of Editing which started in 2015. Peppino is a creative studio offers services in the field of editing and web design where the School of Editing offers Digital Film and Video Editing courses in Kochi. [7]

Filmography

Film Editor

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmLanguageDirectorRelease Date / Notes
2012 Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O. Malayalam Kumar Nanda10 February 2012
2013 Philips and the Monkey Pen Malayalam Rojin Thomas and Shanil Muhammed7 November 2013
Vedivazhipadu Malayalam Shambhu Purushothaman12 December 2013
2014 Raktharakshassu 3D Malayalam R Factor28 February 2014
1 by Two Malayalam Arun Kumar Aravind 19 April 2014
2017 Avarude Raavukal Malayalam Shanil Muhammed23 June 2017
2020 Kilometers and Kilometers Malayalam Jeo Baby31 August
2021 Home (2021 film) Malayalam Rojin Thomas Released on Amazon Prime Video on 19 August 2021
2023Checkmate Malayalam Ratish Sekhar
Post-production

[8] [9]

Documentary editor

He edited the documentary "After Life" directed by Sanjeev Sivan, which was based on a real-life incident of a couple of Kerala fighting a legal battle to get access to their dead son's semen in hopes of producing an heir. [10]

"Water Whatever" is another Documentary Film edited by Prejish[ citation needed ] which has become an official selection of the Stockholm Project Green festival is one of only seven films selected worldwide by festival co-hosts Nomad Films (US) and Sweden's GAP (Global Action Plan) The 35mm film recounts 3 stories based on a single theme, water scarcity. Directed by Sudip Joshiy, Shot in Ladakh, Rajasthan and Kerala by renowned cinematographer Amal Neerad [11]

Awards

YearAwardFilm
2021 Kerala Film Critics Association Awards Home (2021 film) Best Editor



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