Johnpaul George

Johnpaul George
Born 14th February
Residence Kottayam, Kerala, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Swathi Thirunal College of Music
Occupation Film Director, Screenwriter
Years active 2010-Present

Johnpaul George is an Indian script writer and film director active in the Malayalam film industry.[1] He is well known for his debut film Guppy which was released on August 2016.

Personal life

Johnpaul George was born in Kottayam, Kerala to K.V George and Reethamma George.He graduated with Bachelor of Performing Arts( B.P.A) ,Vocal in music from Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram. However while doing that course, he felt that he should pursue cinema.He was also strongly influenced by his mother in entering film field.

Film career

He started his film career as a chief assistant director in the Rajesh Pillai directed movie Traffic which was released in 2011.Later he was the associate director for Sameer Thahir in the following movies Chaappa Kurishu, 5 Sundarikal, Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi.He also worked as the production partner of 'E4 Entertainment' from 2013 to 2016. He made his directional movie debut through the Malayalam movie Guppy which was released in August 2016.[2]Guppy was produced in association with his own production company 'Yopa Cinema'. The movie received rave reviews from critics and audiences.Guppy has bagged 5 awards in 47th Kerala State Film Awards for various categories.

Awards

  • Best Debutant Director -South Indian International Movie(SIIMA) Award

Filmography

As Director

YearTitleCastNotes
2016GuppyChethan Jayalal, Tovino Thomas, SreenivasanAlso Scriptwriter
2018 Ambili[3] Soubin Shahir, Tanvi Ram, Naveen Nazim Pre -Production

As Associate Director

YearTitleNotes
2011Chaappa KurishuAssociate Director
20135 SundarikalAssociate Director
2013Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna BhoomiAssociate Director

As Chief Assistant Director

YearTitleNotes
2011TrafficChief Assistant Director

References

  1. ↑ "Musician turned filmmaker John Paul George talks about his debut film — Guppy". Hunt News.
  2. ↑ "Direction :John Paul George". Times of India.
  3. ↑ "Soubin Shahir in 'Guppy' director Johnpaul George's next 'Ambili'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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