About
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.
Filmography
She2019 · Director
Swapaanam2014 · Director, Story
Kutty Srank2010 · Director
A K G2007 · Director
Nishad2002 · Director, Screenplay
A Dream Takes Wings: G. Aravindan2000 · Director
Vanaprastham1999 · Director, Screenplay
My Own1994 · Director
Piravi1989 · Director, Screenplay
Ore Thooval Pakshikal1988 · Director of Photography
And There Was a Village...1987 · Director of Photography
Nakhakshathangal1986 · Director of Photography
Panchagni1986 · Cinematography
Meenamasathile Suryan1986 · Director of Photography
Neram Pularumbol1986 · Director of Photography
Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil1986 · Director of Photography
Chidambaram1985 · Director of Photography
Panchavadi Palam1984 · Director of Photography
Manju1983 · Director of Photography
Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback1983 · Cinematography