Shaji N. Karun

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.

Camera

1974

[ ] Rays of Hope (Director of Photography)

1978

[ ] Kanchana Sita (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Circus Tent (Director of Photography)

1979

[ ] Kummatty (Director of Photography)

1980

[ ] Esthappan (Director of Photography)

1982

[ ] Twilight (Director of Photography)

1983

[ ] Manju (Director of Photography)
[ ] Koodevide? (Director of Photography)

1984

[ ] Panchavadi Palam (Director of Photography)

1985

[ ] Chidambaram (Director of Photography)

1986

[ ] Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil (Director of Photography)
[ ] Meenamasathile Suryan (Director of Photography)
[ ] Nakhakshathangal (Director of Photography)

1987

[ ] And There Was a Village... (Director of Photography)

1988

[ ] Ore Thooval Pakshikal (Director of Photography)

Directing

1989

[ ] Piravi (Director)

1994

[ ] My Own (Director)

1999

[ ] Vanaprastham (Director)

2000

[ ] A Dream Takes Wings: G. Aravindan (Director)

2002

[ ] Nishad (Director)

2007

[ ] A K G (Director)

2010

[ ] Kutty Srank (Director)

2014

[ ] Swapaanam (Director)

2019

[ ] She (Director)

Writing

1989

[ ] Piravi (Screenplay)

1999

[ ] Vanaprastham (Screenplay)

2002

[ ] Nishad (Screenplay)

2014

[ ] Swapaanam (Story)

Crew

1983

[ ] Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback (Cinematography)

1986

[ ] Panchagni (Cinematography)

Actor

2025

[ ] Journey into Sato Tadao (Self)