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{{Infobox person
|image = Biju viswanath.jpg
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|name = Biju Viswanath
|occupation = [[Film Director]], [[Screenwriter]], [[Director of Photography]], [[Film Editor]]
|website = {{URL|www.bijuviswanath.com}}
}}

'''Biju Viswanath''' is a [[film director]], [[director of photography]] [[Film editor]] and [[screenwriter]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/20130731/ARTICLE/307319910/1028|title=Filmmaker makes Kerala proud|work=[[Khaleej Times]]|date=2013-07-31|accessdate=2017-12-30}}</ref> who has directed movies in a variety of languages and genres.

Viswanath's directorial debut ''A Voyage'' won the Gold Medal for Best Short Film in India and Honorable Mention in [[Zanzibar International Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.ziff.or.tz Zanzibar International Film Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321183805/http://www.ziff.or.tz/ |date=21 March 2019 }} Retrieved 2017-12-30.</ref> His Urdu film ''Parwaaz'' (The Flight) won Special Prize in Patras Film Festival.<ref name=independent>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.gr/awards2006-2008|title=Awards of 8th International Panorama of Independent Filmakers{{sic|hide=y}}|accessdate=2010-06-16|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411090953/http://www.independent.gr/awards2006-2008|archivedate=2010-04-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> Viswanath won two awards for Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay in New York Independent Film Festival for his feature film ''Marathon'' (2010).<ref name=independent/> Another Feature film ''Viola'' won Golden palm in the Mexico International Film festival.<ref>[http://www.mexicofilmfestival.com/ Mexico International Film Festival and Awards] Retrieved 2017-12-30.</ref> Swahili short film "The Shadow Tree" won the Special Award in Skepto Film Festival in Italy,<ref name="skepto">http://www.skepto.net/en/film/shadow-tree</ref> [[Signis]] Award and Best short Film Award in 2014 at Zanzibar Film Festival,<ref name="ziff">{{cite web|url=http://www.ziff.or.tz/2014/06/22/ziff-2014-winners/|title=ZIFF 2014: The Winners|date=2014-06-22|accessdate=2017-12-30}}</ref> and Special Mention award at the 4th Filmambiente international festival Brazil.<ref name="filmambiente">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmambiente.com/index.php/awards-2014.html|title=Awards - Feature Length Documentary|accessdate=2014-09-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109161904/http://www.filmambiente.com/index.php/awards-2014.html|archivedate=2014-11-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> Viswanath's Canadian movie ''Living is Easy'' Received Gold award in Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque 2019. Best narrative short in Pinnacle Film Awards 2019. ''[[Chennai Palani Mars]]'' won two awards in USA: Grand jury prize in Los Angeles Motion Picture film festival<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-27|title=Vijay Sethupathi's next movie wins International awards! - Tamil News|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/vijay-sethupathi-production-chennai-palani-mars-wins-awards-tamil-news-240894|date=23 July 2019|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> and Best narrative feature in Pinnacle film Awards.<ref name="indiaglitz"/>

==Career==
Viswanath's directorial debut ''A Voyage'' is based on the works of Indian writer [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]].

His international English feature film ''Déjàvu'' with British actors premiered at the 54th [[Locarno International Film Festival]]. Only two other Indian films have made it to Locarno in its 54-year history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/markets-festivals/indian-pix-at-locarno-1117850810/|title=Indian pix at Locarno|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=2017-12-30}}</ref>

Viswanath's Tamil Feature film ''Orange Mittai'' is produced and co written by the Tamil actor [[Vijay Sethupathi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Vijay-Sethupathis-Maiden-Production-gets-International-Director/2014/02/11/article2049319.ece|author=Rinku Gupta|title=Vijay Sethupathi's Maiden Production gets International Director|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=2014-02-11|accessdate=2017-12-30}}</ref>

''Marathon'' is based on the true story of American poet [[William Morris Meredith, Jr.]]<ref name=independent/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!Year
!Film
!Language
!class=unsortable| Notes
|-
|1995||[[Peter Scott (film)|Peter Scott]]||[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
|-
|1998||A Voyage (silent)||||
|-
|2000||O. Henry Stories||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|2001||Dejavu||English||
|-
|2003||Music Videos MTV||[[Hindi]]||
|-
|2004||Second Coming||English||
|-
|2005||Zodiac Tales||English||
|-
|2006||Sign of Four||English||
|-
|2006||Grand Festival||Hindi English||
|-
|2007||Lorg||[[Irish language|Irish]]||
|-
| 2008 || Parwaaz||[[Urdu]]||
|-
|2008||Rian||Irish||
|-
|2009||Oshizemi ||[[Japanese language|Japanese]]||
|-
|2010||Marathon ||English||
|-
|2011||Viola||English||
|-
| 2012||The Nail||English||
|-
| 2013||Mafiosi||Italian||
|-
|2013||Shadow Tree||[[Swahili language|Swahili]]||
|-
| 2014||Thief and Wind chime||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
|-
|2015||[[Orange Mittai]]||Tamil||
|-
|2017||Living is Easy||English||
|-
|2019||[[Chennai Palani Mars]]||Tamil||
|}

==Film festivals/awards==
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{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" |
|-
!Year
!Film
!Language
!Festivals
|-
|2019
|Chennai Palani Mars
|Tamil
|Grand Jury Prize. Los Angeles Motion Picture Film festival<ref name="indiaglitz"/> Best Narrative Feature. Pinnacle Film Awards<ref name="indiaglitz"/>
|-
|-
|2019
|Living is easy
|English
|Golden Award. Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque Best Narrative short. Pinnacle Film Awards
|-
|2014
|''Shadow Tree''
|Swahili
|Special Award.Skepto Film festival Cagliari Italy<ref name="skepto"/> Special Mention Award.Filmambiente film festival<ref name="filmambiente"/> Signis Award,Best Short Film Award.Zanzibar film festival.<ref name="ziff"/> Green Film Festival South Korea River film festival.Padova.Italy Kansk video Festival.Russia Fuencaliente Ruralfilmfest.Spain Matsalu Film festival Estonia Sir Charles Darwin film festival U.K Festival Cinema Africana De Verona Italy
|-
|2011
|''Viola''
|English
|Golden Palm Award 2011 Mexico International Film Festival 2011 Lucerne international Film Festival
|-
|2009
|''Marathon''
|English
|Award for Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay,New York Independent Film Festival 2010 
|-
|2009
|''Oshizemi''
|Japanese
|Sadho Poetry Festival Dhaka International Film Festival
|-
|2008
|''Lorg''
|Irish
|Dublin Film Festival New Jersey Film Festival Atlanta Film Festival
|-
|2008
|''Parwaaz''
|Urdu
|Best Short Film Award, Patras Film Festival Greece<ref name=independent/> Official Selection Stuttgart Film Festival Official Selection Indian Panorama Bosnia Film Festival Zimbabwe Film Festival
|-
|2006
|''Grand Festival''
|Hindi/English
|Pusan International Film Festival New York South Asian Film Festival New Jersey Independent Film Festival Manila Film Festival Baja California Film Festival
|-
|2001
|''Dejavu''
|English
|Locarno Film Festival Pusan International Film Festival Florence Film Festival Indian Panorama IFFK
|-
|1998
|A Voyage
|silent
|Honorable Mention Zanzibar Film Festival Berlin Film Festival Hummadruz Los Angeles Film Festival Calcutta Film Festival
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|www.bijuviswanath.com}}
*{{IMDb name|id=1078209|name=Biju Viswanath}}

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