Person

Shaji N. Karun

Camera · 1952–2025

Biography

Shaji Neelakantan Karunakaran (1 January 1952 – 28 April 2025), better known as Shaji N. Karun, was an Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi won the Caméra d'Or – Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He was the inaugural chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the executive chairman of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) from 1998 to 2001.

Known for

Filmography

2025Journey into Sato TadaoSelf
2019SheDirector
2017Lal SalamSelf
2014SwapaanamDirector
2010Kutty SrankDirector
2007A K GDirector
2002NishadDirector
2000A Dream Takes Wings: G. AravindanDirector
1999VanaprasthamDirector
1994My OwnDirector
1989PiraviDirector
1988Ore Thooval PakshikalDirector of Photography
1987And There Was a Village...Director of Photography
1986NakhakshathangalDirector of Photography
1986PanchagniCinematography
1986Meenamasathile SuryanDirector of Photography
1986Neram PularumbolDirector of Photography
1986Arappatta Kettiya GraamathilDirector of Photography
1985ChidambaramDirector of Photography
1984Panchavadi PalamDirector of Photography
1983ManjuDirector of Photography
1983Lekhayude Maranam Oru FlashbackCinematography
1983Koodevide?Director of Photography
1983Enikku VishakunnuCinematography
1982PokkuveyilDirector of Photography
1980EsthappanDirector of Photography
1979KummattyDirector of Photography
1978Kanchana SitaDirector of Photography
1978The Circus TentDirector of Photography
1974Rays of HopeDirector of Photography

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