Tom George Kolath | |
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Occupation(s) | Film Producer, Director, Actor, Scriptwriter, Business Executive |
Years active | 2002–present |
Awards | National Award of India for his feature film Akale |
Website | www.tomgeorge.com |
Tom George Kolath better known as Tom George, is a film producer, director, actor and scriptwriter in the Malayalam Film Industry. He first came to attention for his performance in mini-screen Anna television serial (based on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina) directed by Alagappan. Akale , a film produced by him won the National Film Award [1] and the Kerala State Film Award for best Malayalam feature film. [2]
Tom George Kolath started his film career in 2004 as the producer of the Malayalam feature film Akale , directed by Shyamaprasad; the film won 6 Kerala State Film Awards and 2 National Film Awards including the award for the best feature film in Malayalam. Akale was selected at film festivals around the world including 'Fukuoka Focus-on-Asia International Festival' in Japan, 'Foyle International Film Festival' in Northern Ireland, 'River To River Festival' in Florence, Italy, 'Indo-German International Film Festival' in Bangalore, IFFK in Kerala, and Tehran International Film Festival. [3]
In addition to his production credit on Akale, he produced the feature film Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum.
He directed and co-wrote the yet to be-released Hollywood movie GandhiPark. [4]
He has also acted in the Malayalam feature films Black, Finger Print and Out of Syllabus. [5]
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