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{{Infobox person
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| name = S. S. Stanley
| birth_date = 14 December 1967
| birth_place = [[Munnar]], [[Kerala]], India
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| education = Graduated in Botany from Government arts college,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = Film director
| spouse =
| yearsactive = 2002–present
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'''S. S. Stanley''' is an [[India]]n film director and actor, who has directed Tamil films. He was active primarily as a filmmaker and a writer in the 2000s collaborating in ventures which often included [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Srikanth]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050109132441/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/preview.php?ctid=5&cid=2423&id=12114322 sify.com]</ref>

==Career==
S. S. Stanley apprenticed with directors Mahendran and Sasi before his directorial debut. After working as an assistant director for twelve years, he made his first film ''[[April Maadhathil]]'', a college love story starring [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Srikanth]] and [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]], which became a box office success. His second venture, ''[[Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan]]'' featuring [[Dhanush]], became an average grosser with Stanley suggesting the film's story was misunderstood by audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/Interview3/html/stanley_interview.html|title = Tamil Cinema News - S.S.Stanley - Interview}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140414204212/http://www.sify.com/movies/puthukottayilirundu-saravanan-review-tamil-13363484.html sify.com]</ref> He then began work on a film featuring [[Ravi Krishna]], [[Anjali Devi]]'s granddaughter Saila Rao and [[Sonia Agarwal]] for producer Krishnakanth, but financial troubles meant that the film was stalled and Stanley took a sabbatical.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/stanley-smiles-finally-tamil-news-21120|title = Stanley smiles, finally - Tamil News|date = 18 March 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/25-4-05/anjalidevi_gdaughter.htm|title = Behindwoods : Anjali Devi's grand daughter debuts}}</ref>

Stanley then worked again with Srikanth in his next two ventures, with the romantic drama ''[[Mercury Pookkal]]'' releasing first.
His most recent directorial venture ''[[Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai]]'' (2006) opened to poor reviews, with a critic noting it was "pathetic" and a "virtually invisible script".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/kks/20061114.htm|title = Kizhakku Kadakarkarai Salai: Pathetic}}</ref> Stanley then began to appear in films as an actor, notably playing [[C. N. Annadurai]] in the biographical film ''[[Periyar (2007 film)|Periyar]]'' (2007).

In early 2015, he planned to make a film titled ''Adam's Apple'' for [[AR Murugadoss]]'s production house and cast [[Vaibhav Reddy|Vaibhav]] and [[Andrea Jeremiah]]. However the project eventually did not materialise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreen.in/tamil/news/vaibhav-and-andrea-for-ss-stanleys-next/|title=Vaibhav and Andrea Likely for SS Stanley's Next|date=7 January 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
| 2002 || ''[[April Maadhathil]]'' ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan]]'' ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Mercury Pookkal]]'' ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai]]'' ||
|}

===As actor===
*''[[Periyar (2007 film)|Periyar]]'' (2007)
*''[[Raavanan (2010 film)|Raavanan]]'' (2010)
*''[[Ninaithathu Yaaro]]'' (2014)
*''[[Aandavan Kattalai (2016 film)|Andavan Kattalai]]'' (2016)
*''[[Kadugu]]'' (2016)
*''[[Aan Devathai]]'' (2018)
*''[[6 Athiyayam]]'' (2018)
*''[[Sarkar (2018 film)|Sarkar]]'' (2018)
*''Meendum'' (2021)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|3847657}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Kerala]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Kerala]]
[[Category:Male actors from Kerala]]
[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:People from Idukki district]]
[[Category:Munnar]]
[[Category:1965 births]]

S. S. Stanley - Revision history

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