Sanjeev Sivan | |
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 presentation of the film (Achtung Baby), 2010 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | New York University [1] |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse | Deepti Pillay Sivan |
| Relatives | Sangeeth Sivan (brother), Santhosh Sivan (brother) |
Sanjeev Sivan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in the Malayalam and Hindi film industries. He is best known for directing the 2004 Malayalam film Aparichithan starring Mammootty. [2]
Sanjeev Sivan is the youngest son of national award-winning filmmaker Sivan. His brothers Santosh Sivan and Sangeeth Sivan also work in the film industry.[ citation needed ]
He started his career as an executive producer of his father's national and state award-winning feature films, namely Johny and Abhayam . In 2004 he directed the movie Aparichithan and in 2014 he directed Venalodungathe starring national award-winning actors Salim Kumar and Seema Biswas in lead roles based on real life incidents. [3] [4] [5] The movie also won an Ammonite Award at the 6th Hidden Gems Film Festival-2014, Calgary, Canada.
After Aparichithan, Sivan directed around 30 short films and 75 documentaries, which earned him international film awards. He has also directed documentaries for the National Geographic Channel, and won an award from the Ecofilms festival 2010 in Greece. [6] He has directed documentaries for Discovery Channel and Al Jazeera. [7] [8]
Sanjeev was a jury member for the 57th National Film Awards [9] and the Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA) Film Awards. He is the recipient of Karamveer Puraskar - 2015. [10]
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| Year | Film | Language | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
| 1991 | Abhayam | Malayalam |  | |  | As executive producer |
| 1993 | Johny | Malayalam | | | | As executive producer |
| 2004 | Aparichithan | Malayalam | | | | Directorial debut |
| 2009 | Keshu | Malayalam | | | | As executive producer |
| 2012 | Venalodungathe | Malayalam | | | | Director |
| Year | Film | Language | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
| 2009 | Underground Inferno | English | | | | Director [11] |
| 2007 | The Achtung Baby | English | | | | Director [12] |
| 2010 | After Life | English | | | | Director [13] |
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