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{{short description|Indian Malayali filmmaker}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pradeep Nair
| image = Pradeep Nair.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birthname = Pradeep Nair
| birth_place = [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=P. k Ajith |title=Kerala to miss filmmaker Kim Ki-duk as much as Korea does |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-to-miss-kim-as-much-as-korea-does/article33308814.ece |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=11 December 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref> [[India]]
| occupation = [[Film director|Director]], [[screenwriter]], [[Film producer|producer]]
| yearsactive = 1990–present
}}
'''Pradeep Nair''' is an Indian film maker from Kerala.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=P. K. Ajith |title=A director who made films out of passion |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/a-director-who-made-films-out-of-passion/article5847788.ece |work=The Hindu |date=29 March 2014 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He is known for producing feature films and documentaries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=P. k Ajith |title=Documenting lives of those who document history |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/documenting-lives-of-those-who-document-history/article33094195.ece |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=13 November 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref> His featured film, [[Oridam]] has fetched him 9 awards including a National and State.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oridam Story, Oridam Movie Story, Plot, Synopsis, Review, Preview |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/oridam/story.html |website=FilmiBeat |access-date=19 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> [[Oridam]] is also selected to Indian panorama and more than other 15 International Film Festivals all over the world. He also received a Special Jury Award in Direction in [[National Film Awards (India)|52nd National Film Award of India]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=m.g |first1=Gokul |title=Not in good taste |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/170918/not-in-good-taste.html |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=17 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and 5 awards in direction, actress, music, costume design, film processing from the 35th [[Kerala State Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Making his mark |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Making-his-mark/article14566318.ece |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=11 August 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=P. k Ajith |title=His background music enriched many a film |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/his-background-music-enriched-many-a-film/article33881036.ece |work=The Hindu |date=19 February 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Year
!Category
!Notes
!Cast
!{{abbr|Ref(s)|references}}
|-
|Ahead of
|2021
|Documentary
|Director
|
|
|-
|[[imdbtitle:11772644|Backpackers]]
|2020
|Film
|Creative Contributor
|Kalidas Jayaram
|
|-
|A Ray of Light
|2020
|Documentary
|Writer ,Director
|
|A Documentary film on veteran journalist K. M. Roy Produced by Kerala Medical Academy
|-
|Maa Do Not Any More
|2019
|Documentary
|Director
|
|
|-
|-
|Kadamman: Prakruthiyude Padayanikkaran
|2018
|Documentary
|Writer, Co Director
|
|
|-
|[[Crossroad (2017 film)|Cross Road]]
|2017
|Film
|Director
|
|
|-
|Kuttanad; Oru Apoorva Marutha Thina
|2015
|Documentary
|Writer, Director
|
|Documentary Film on Heritage of Kuttanad, Produced by I&PRD, Govt of Kerala.
|-
|Cherukkanum Pennum
|2012
|Film
|Writer, Director
|
|
|-
|Thelicham
|2011
|Documentary
|Writer, Director
|
|A Production for Fisheries Dept, Govt of Kerala, Produced by K S F D C
|-
|Veedu Nashttapetta Kuttikal
|2009
|Documentary
|Writer, Director
|
|
|-
|Glimpses of Kerala
|2006
|Documentary
|Director
|
|about Cultural, Historical places in Kerala-Project Commissioned by Malayala Manorama.
|-
|Listen to Children
|2005
|Documentary
|Writer, Director
|
|a production for UNICEF
|-
|Oridam
|2004
|Film
|Writer, Director, Producer
|
|
|-
|When The Labour Labours
|2001
|Documentary
|Writer, Director
|
|Documentary Film on Independent Labour movement in Maharashtra, funded by Maharashtra Labour Union (MLU)
|-
|A Neorealistic Dream
|1999
|
|Writer, Director
|
|Documentary on India’s First Neorealistic Film “NEWSPAPER BOY” and its Director P. Ramadas.
|-
|Light in the Darkness
|1997
|
|Director
|
|A promotional documentary about cure for AIDS.
|-
|Man V/S Nature: The Struggle Eternal
|1997
|
|Writer, Director, Producer
|
|Documentary Film on Land slides in Highranges of Kerala.
|}

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Film
!Year
!Award (s)
|-
|Kuttanad; Oru Apoorva Marutha Thina
|2015
|Best Documentary Award (Science/ Environment), Kerala State T.V Awards
|-
|[[Oridam]]
|2004
|National and State Awards- Special Jury Award in Direction in 52nd National Film Awards of India,35th Kerala State Film Awards
|-
|''When The Labour Labours''
|2001
|Entry in Competition Section (National) of 7th MIFF.
|-
|''A Neorealistic Dream''
|2001
|IFFK, New Delhi Video Forum
|-
|''Man v/s Nature''
|1998
|Entry in 5th MIFF-1998, PRAKRITHI- 98
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

# Pradeep Nair (17 August 2016). "[https://www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in/?p=5518 Making his mark]". Thiruvananthapuram First. ''Retrieved 05 September 2021.''
# [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/documenting-lives-of-those-who-document-history/article33094195.ece Documenting lives of those who document history]. The Hindu.
# Pradeep Nair (29 March 2014). [https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/a-director-who-made-films-out-of-passion/article5847788.ece A director who made films out of passion]. The Hindu.
# Pradeep Nair (11 August 2016). "[https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Making-his-mark/article14566318.ece Making his mark]". The Hindu. ''Retrieved 05 September 2021.''
# "[https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/cherukkanum-pennum.html#news Cherukkanum Pennum]". Filmibeat. ''Retrieved 05 September 2021.''
# [https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/oridam/story.html "Oridam (2005)"] (24 March 2005). ''Retrieved 05 September 2021.''
# Pradeep Nair (9 September 2018). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/here-comes-a-film-on-food-wastage/articleshow/65739485.cms?from=mdr Here comes a film on food wastage]. Times of India.

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=4305811|name=Pradeep Nair}}

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