Girish Gangadharan

Girish Gangadharan is an Indian cinematographer known for his work in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is the recipient of National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in the 2019 film Jallikkattu directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery.

Girish Gangadharan
Born
Chadayamangalam, Kollam, India
OccupationCinematographer
Years active2013–present
Spouse(s)Shyna

Career

Girish completed his cinematography course from the Government Film and Television Institute Bengaluru 2008 Batch and started assisting Sameer Thahir. His first independent work was for Sameer Thahir's movie Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi following the notable works Guppy, Angamaly Diaries, Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil and Jallikattu. He rose to fame after the 11 minute single long take for the climax of Angamaly Diaries. He captured long takes in the movie Jallikattu also.[1][2] In 2016, he won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for the movie Guppy. In 2021,he won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for the film Jallikattu. [3][4]

As cinematographer
YearFilmLanguageAwards
2013Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna BhoomiMalayalamDebut film
2014Mariyam MukkuMalayalam
2016KaliMalayalam
2016GuppyMalayalamSpecial Jury Mention - Kerala State Award
2017Angamaly DiariesMalayalam
2017SoloMalayalam
2017Hey JudeMalayalam
2018Swathandriam ArdharathriyilMalayalamSIIMA - Malayalam Winner (2019)

Best Cinematographer

2018SarkarTamilTamil debut
2019JallikkattuMalayalamAsian Film Award for best cinematographer Nominee (2020)
National Film Award for Best Cinematography(Won)
2021Cold CaseMalayalam
2021Bheemante VazhiMalayalam
2022Djinn

Malayalam
2022VikramTamilFilming
2022NeelavelichamMalayalamPre-Production

References
  1. George, Vijay (22 November 2018). "Cinematographer Girish Gangadharan on his life behind the lens". The Hindu.
  2. S, Srivatsan (28 October 2018). "Where cinematographer Girish Gangadharan breaks down five scenes from 'Jallikattu'". The Hindu.
  3. "Kerala State Awards 2016: full list of winners". OnManorama. 9 March 2017.
  4. Satyendran, Nita (9 March 2017). "Diary of a cinematographer". The Hindu.

Girish Gangadharan at IMDb

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