Sanjeev Sivan
Born
Haripad, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materNew York University[1]
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • writer
SpouseDeepti Pillay Sivan
RelativesSangeeth Sivan (brother), Santhosh Sivan (brother)

Sanjeev Sivan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in the Malayalam and Hindi film industries. He is best known for directing the 2004 Malayalam film Aparichithan starring Mammootty.[2]

Family

Sanjeev Sivan is the youngest son of national award-winning filmmaker Sivan. His brothers Santosh Sivan and Sangeeth Sivan also work in the film industry.[citation needed]

Career

He started his career as an executive producer of his father's national and state award-winning feature films, namely Johny and Abhayam. In 2004 he directed the movie Aparichithan and in 2014 he directed Venalodungathe starring national award-winning actors Salim Kumar and Seema Biswas in lead roles based on real life incidents.[3][4][5] The movie also won an Ammonite Award at the 6th Hidden Gems Film Festival-2014, Calgary, Canada.

After Aparichithan, Sivan directed around 30 short films and 75 documentaries, which earned him international film awards. He has also directed documentaries for the National Geographic Channel, and won an award from the Ecofilms festival 2010 in Greece.[6] He has directed documentaries for Discovery Channel and Al Jazeera.[7][8]

Sanjeev was a jury member for the 57th National Film Awards[9] and the Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA) Film Awards. He is the recipient of Karamveer Puraskar - 2015.[10]

Awards

State awards

As executive producer:

National awards

As executive producer:

Other awards

As director:

International awards

As executive producer:

As director:

Filmography

Feature films

Year Film Language Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
1991 Abhayam Malayalam Red XN Red XN Green tickY As executive producer
1993 Johny Malayalam Red XN Red XN Green tickY As executive producer
2004 Aparichithan Malayalam Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Directorial debut
2009 Keshu Malayalam Red XN Red XN Green tickY As executive producer
2012 Venalodungathe Malayalam Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Director

Documentaries

Year Film Language Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
2009 Underground Inferno English Green tickY Red XN Red XN Director[11]
2007 The Achtung Baby English Green tickY Red XN Red XN Director[12]
2010 After Life English Green tickY Red XN Red XN Director[13]

References

  1. ^ "Explosive issue". India Today.
  2. ^ "I have developed a distaste for the commercial filmmaking process : says Sanjeev Sivan". Times of India.
  3. ^ "Sanjeev Sivan's next is ready". Times of India.
  4. ^ "Sanjeev Sivan rues dearth of sensible Malayalam film producers". India Forums.
  5. ^ "Kerala couple's next battle: Finding a surrogate". Hindustan Times.
  6. ^ "Sanjeev Sivan bags award in Greece". New Indian Express.
  7. ^ "Sanjeev Sivan". nettv4u.
  8. ^ "Director of Indian drama, Endless Summer, to screen film at Calgary's Hidden Gems film fest". Calgary Herald.
  9. ^ "57th National Film Awards 2009". iffi. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Selected for Karmaveer Award". Indian Express.
  11. ^ "Sanjeev Sivan bags award in Greece". New Indian Express.
  12. ^ "In Pictures: The last Aryans". Aljazeera.
  13. ^ "Sanjeev Sivans next is ready". Times of India.


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