Director

Biju Viswanath

Writing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1339933

IMDb ID: nm1078209

Known for: Writing

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1995 - 2022

Years active: 28

Wikidata: Q4907287

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Director (3)Director of Photography (1)Producer (2)Cinematography (1)Editor (1)

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Biography

Biju Viswanath is an award-winning director, screenwriter, director of photography and editor. Winner of several international awards, his movies have been screened throughout the world. Viswanath has directed movies in English, Irish, Italian, Swahili, Japanese, and Indian. His credits span multiple genres: thrillers, mystery, horror, romance and drama. His production house is based in Florence. Viswanath's feature film Viola (2010) received the "Golden Palm" award at the 2011 Mexico International Film Festival. "Marathon" (2010), based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize winning American poet William Morris Meredith, Jr., received two awards - Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay - in the New York Independent Film Festival. His English feature film "Dejavu" (2001) premiered at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival. Only two other Indian films have made it to Locarno in its 54-year history; the other being the Oscar nominated Hindi film Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001).

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