Indian cinematographers
Indian cinematographers work in a number of regional film centres: Chennai for Tamil films, Mumbai for films in Marathi and Hindi, Hyderabad for films in Telugu, Kochi for films in Malayalam, Kolkata for Bengali films, Bangalore for Kannada films, etc. Most Indian cinematographers are known for their work with one regional industry.[1][2] Some cinematographers belong to various professional organisations and trade unions.
Western India Cinematographers' Association (WICA)
The Western India Cinematographers Association (WICA) is a society for Indian cinematographers. The society is situated at Mumbai in Maharashtra. Members of this society include the suffix WICA after their name in film credits. The organisation was formed on 2 August 1953 in Mumbai, and was presided over by a leading cinematographer of the time, Faredoon Irani; in the following month the first office bearers were chosen, including Nitin Bose as President and V. Avadhut as the Vice-President.[3] According to WICA, there are 3800 members of the organisation.[4]
Southern India Cinematographers Association (SICA)
The Southern India Cinematographers Association (SICA), a trade union, was founded on 27 November 1972 by A. Vincent.[5]
Founding members
- A. Vincent
- K.S. Prasad
- U. Rajagopal
- P.N. Sundaram
- G.V. Ramani
- C.V. Ramakrishnan
The Indian Society of Cinematographers
The Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) is an educational, cultural, and professional organization founded in 1995. Neither a labor union nor a guild, ISC membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film industry. The society is situated at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. The members of this society will show a suffix, ISC with their name in film credits.[6] Sunny Joseph is the current president of the ISC.
Founding members
Members of ISC
- Anil Mehta
- Amal Neerad
- Akshit Rohda
- C. K. Muraleedharan
- Chezhiyan
- Chota K. Naidu
- Deepti Gupta
- Fowzia Fathima
- Hari Nair
- K. V. Anand
- K. G. Jayan
- Kiran Deohans
- K. U. Mohanan
- Jomon T. John
- Madhu Ambat
- Madhu Neelakandan
- Preetha Jayaraman
- P. C. Sreeram
- Rajeev Ravi
- Rajiv Ravi
- Ramachandra Babu
- Ravi K. Chandran
- Ravi Varman
- Santosh Sivan
- Sathyan Sooryan
- Shaji N. Karun
- Sunny Joseph
List of Indian cinematographers
- Abinandhan Ramanujam
- Arjun Jena
- A. Vincent
- A. Vinod Bharathi
- Abhik Mukhopadhyay
- Anil Mehta
- Aravinnd Singh
- Arbhindu Saaraa
- Amal Neerad
- Abhik Mukhopadhyay
- Adurthi Subba Rao (1912-1975)
- Ajayan Vincent
- Arthur A. Wilson
- Arvind Krishna
- Aseem Mishra
- Ashok Kumar
- Ashok Mehta (1947- 2012),
- Akshit Rohda
- Baba Azmi
- Balu Mahendra
- B.R.Vijayalakshmi
- Barun Mukherjee
- Binod Pradhan
- Chota K. Naidu
- C. K. Muraleedharan
- Debu Deodhar (1948 - 2010)
- Deepak Haldankar (born 1947)
- Dev Agarwal
- Fali Mistry (1919 - 1979)
- Gavemic U. Ary
- George C. Williams
- Girish Gangadharan
- Govind Nihalani
- Hari Nair
- Irom Maipak
- Jaya Krishna Gummadi
- Jayanan Vincent
- Jeeva (1963 - 2007)
- Jithin Stanislaus
- Jomon T. John
- K V Anand
- K. U. Mohanan
- K. K. Mahajan (1944 – 2007)
- K.K. Senthil Kumar
- K. V. Guhan
- Kamal Bose (1915 - 1995)
- Karthik Mallur
- M J Radhakrishnan
- Madhu Ambat
- M.V.Raghu.
- Mahesh Muthuswami
- Manoj Paramahamsa
- Manush Nandan
- Marcus Bartley
- Nirav Shah
- N. K. Ekambaram
- Natarajan Subramaniam
- Om Prakash
- P. S. Nivas
- P. C. Sreeram
- Prem Adivi
- P.G. Vinda
- P. S. Vinod
- Padmesh
- Prasad Murella
- Ramji
- R. D. Rajasekhar
- R. Rathnavelu
- R. Madhi
- R. Velappan Nair
- Rajeev Ravi
- Rajesh Yadav
- Rajiv Menon
- Ramachandra Babu
- Ramananda Sengupta
- Rasool Ellore
- Ravi K. Chandran
- S. Kumar
- S. Ravi Varman
- S. Gopal Reddy
- Samalabhasker
- Sameer Reddy
- Sameer Thahir
- Sanu Varghese
- Santosh Sivan
- Santosh Thundiyil
- Sathyan Sooryan
- Satish Motling
- Satheesh Kurup
- Sejal Shah
- Shaji Kumar
- Shaji N. Karun
- Surya jeson
- Shyam K. Naidu
- Sivakumar Vijayan
- Subrata Mitra
- Sudeep Chatterjee
- Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
- Sunny Joseph
- Soundar Rajan
- Theni Eswar
- T. Surendra Reddy
- Teja
- Tirru
- V. N. Reddy (1914 - 1991)
- V. Gopi Krishna
- V. Manikandan
- Venu
- Velraj
- Vijay Milton
- Vijay C Chakravarthy
- Vijay C. Kumar
- Vierendrra Lalit
- Vishal Sinha
- Vishnu Sarma
- Pratap P Nair
- Shehnad Jalal
- Madhu Neelakandan
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer
- Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award (South)
- SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu)
- IIFA Award for Best Cinematography
- Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography
- National Film Award for Best Cinematography
- National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography
- Star Screen Awards
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
References
- Vasudevan, Ravi (1 January 2000). "Making Meaning in Indian Cinema". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
- "Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema".
- "History". Western India Cinematographers' Association. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- http://www.wica.in/about/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171214081826/http://www.thesica.in/history-of-sica/
- http://www.imago.org/index.php/societies/item/131-indian-society-of-cinematographers-isc-associate.html