Biju Viswanath is an Indian film director, director of photography, film editor and screenwriter. Across various genres, he has made numerous films in different languages, notably, English, Tamil, Malayalam, Irish, Swahili and Urdu.
He has also served as the jury member 50th National film Awards of India in 2003 and Kerala State Awards in 2003
Career Viswanath's directorial debut A Voyage is based on the works of Indian writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair, which was produced by veteran Malayalam screenwriter John Paul Puthusery. The movie premiered in Busan International Film Festival, and won the gold medal for Best Short Film in India as well as an Honourable Mention in Zanzibar International Film Festival.
His Urdu film Parwaaz (The Flight) won Special Prize in Patras Film Festival.
His English feature film Déjà vu, which was produced by editor A. Sreekar Prasad, featuring various British actors, had its international premiere at Busan International Film Festival in 2001 and at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival. Another feature film of his,Viola, won Golden palm in the Mexico International Film festival.Mexico International Film Festival and Awards Retrieved 2017-12-30.
Viswanath made three Irish films based on the works on the poet writer Celia de Fréine.
His first American feature film Marathon is based on the true story of American poet William Morris Meredith, Jr. Viswanath won two awards for the film: Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay in New York Independent Film Festival.
Viswanath's venture in Swahili is Shadow Tree, a film which was shot in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The film won the Special Award in Skepto Film Festival in Italy.
His Indian Tamil-language feature film Orange Mittai was co-written and produced by Vijay Sethupathi. Another Tamil drama film Chennai Palani Mars won two awards in USA: Grand Jury prize at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Film Festival and the Best Narrative Feature at the Pinnacle Film Awards.
Filmography Feature films YearFilmDirectorCinematographerEditorLanguage Notes1995Peter Scott Malayalam2001Déjà vu English2002Phantom Malayalam2005 Sulanga Sinhala 2006Grand Festival HindiEnglishPoi Tamil 2010Marathon English2011Viola 2012The Nail 2013Mafiosi Italian2015Orange Mittai Tamil2019Chennai Palani Mars 2021Transcendental Layover English2022How to make F**kd Up Movies Covid Karma 2025 Pakuthi Kadal Kadannu Malayalam
Short films
YearFilmLanguage Notes1998A VoyageSilent2004Second ComingEnglish2005Zodiac Tales2006Sign of Four2007LorgIrish 2008 ParwaazUrduRianIrish2009OshizemiJapanese2013Shadow TreeSwahili 2014Thief and Wind ChimeTamil2017Living is EasyEnglish
Television
YearFilmLanguage Notes2000O. Henry StoriesMalayalam
Awards
2009: Best Cinematography at New York City International Film Festival: Marathon 2011: Golden Palm Award at Mexico International Film Festival: Viola 2014: SIGNIS Award for Best Short Film at Zanzibar International Film Festival and Avant-guarde & Experimental Special Award at Skepto Film Festival: Shadow Tree 2019: Gold Award for Best Feature Film at Pinnacle Film Awards: Chennai Palani Mars 2022: Best of Show and Best Feature Documentary at Pinnacle Film Awards: How to make F**ked Up Movies
References
External links
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150802/entertainment-mollywood/article/i-don%E2%80%99t-make-films-film-festivals-biju-viswanath https://www.nowrunning.com/news/malayalam/raghuvaran-could-have-become-an-international-star-biju-viswanath/14518/story.htm https://www.theindiapost.com/nation/chandigarh/popularizing-literature-cinema-biju-viswanath/ https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/cinema-in-write-direction/story-0z6qITdR25mqYM6v3G9AOO.html https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-director/biju-viswanath/orange-mittai-director-biju-viswanaths-interview-on-the-film-vijay-sethupathi-and-many-more.html https://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130303/ttlife1.htm#2