Sanjeev Sivan

Sanjeev Sivan
presentation of the film (Achtung Baby), 2010
Born	Haripad, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	New York University[1]
Occupations	Film director film producer writer
Spouse	Deepti Pillay Sivan
Relatives	Sangeeth 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:

• Johny - won Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film
• Abhayam - won Best Children's Film at the Kerala State Film Awards
• Keshu - won Best Children's Film at the Kerala State Film Awards

National awards

As executive producer:

• Abhayam - won Best Children's Film at the National Film Awards
• Abhayam - won Best Children's Film at the Indian Panorama
• Keshu - won Best Children's Film at the National Film Awards
• Keshu - won the Indian Panorama for Best Children's Film

Other awards

As director:

• Achtung Baby, a film on Indo-Aryan race - selected at the Indian Panorama
• Conferred "Karamveer Puraskar" for his contribution to Indian cinema and documentary space
• Underground Inferno - won Best Environmental Film at the International Film Festival of India Goa 2010

International awards

As executive producer:

• Oru Yatra Fipresci - award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
• Abhayam - won Best Children's Film at the International Children's Film Festival of India

As director:

• Underground Inferno - won Best Environmental film at Ecofilms Rodos International Films and Visual Arts Festival, Greece
• Venalodungathe - Ammonite Award at the 6th Hidden Gems Film Festival 2014, Calgary, Canada

Filmography

Feature films

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

Documentaries

Year	Film	Language	Credited as			Notes
			Director	Writer	Producer
2009	Underground Inferno	English	Y	N	N	Director[11]
2007	The Achtung Baby	English	Y	N	N	Director[12]
2010	After Life	English	Y	N	N	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.