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]
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
- Anil Mehta
- Ramachandra Babu
- Sunny Joseph
- P. C. Sreeram
- Santosh Sivan
- K. V. Anand
- Venu
- Ravi K. Chandran
- Madhu Ambat
- P. Sukumar
Members of ISC
- Anil Mehta
- Amal Neerad
- Alagappan N.
- C. K. Muraleedharan
- Chezhiyan
- Chota K. Naidu
- Fowzia Fathima
- Gireesh Gangadharan
- Hari Nair
- K. V. Anand
- K. G. Jayan
- K. U. Mohanan
- Jomon T. John
- Madhu Ambat
- R.Madhi
- Madhu Neelakandan
- Natarajan Subramaniam
- Preetha Jayaraman
- P. C. Sreeram
- P. S. Vinod
- Rajeev Ravi
- Ramachandra Babu
- Ravi K. Chandran
- Ravi Varman
- Sameer Thahir[7]
- Santosh Sivan
- Sathyan Sooryan
- Shaji N. Karun
- Shyju Khalid
- Sunny Joseph
- Venu
- S. R. Kathir
List of Indian cinematographers
- Abinandhan Ramanujam
- Arjun Jena
- A. Vincent
- Alagappan N.
- A. Vinod Bharathi
- Abhik Mukhopadhyay
- Ancer Thwayyib
- Anil Mehta
- Aravinnd Singh
- Arbhindu Saaraa
- Amal Neerad
- Adurthi Subba Rao (1912-1975)
- Ajayan Vincent
- Arthur A. Wilson
- Arvind Krishna
- Aseem Mishra
- Ashok Kumar
- Ashok Mehta (1947- 2012),
- Baba Azmi
- Balu Mahendra
- Barun Mukherjee
- Binod Pradhan
- B. Kannan (1951-2020)
- Chota K. Naidu
- C. K. Muraleedharan
- Debu Deodhar (1948 - 2010)
- Deepak Haldankar (born 1947)
- Dev Agarwal
- Dilip Dutta
- Fali Mistry (1919 - 1979)
- Gavemic U. Ary
- George C. Williams
- Girish Gangadharan
- Govind Nihalani
- Hari Nair
- Jaya Krishna Gummadi
- Jayanan Vincent
- Jeeva (1963 - 2007)
- Jomon T. John
- K V Anand (1966-2021)
- K. U. Mohanan
- K. K. Mahajan (1944 – 2007)
- K.K. Senthil Kumar
- K. V. Guhan
- Kamal Bose (1915 - 1995)
- M J Radhakrishnan(1958 - 2019
- Madhu Ambat
- Madhu Neelakandan
- Mahesh Muthuswami
- Manoj Paramahamsa
- Marcus Bartley
- Nirav Shah
- N. K. Ekambaram
- Natarajan Subramaniam
- Om Prakash
- Pappu (cinematographer)
- P. S. Nivas
- P. C. Sreeram
- P.G. Vinda
- P. S. Vinod
- Padmesh
- Prasad Murella
- Pratap P Nair
- R. D. Rajasekhar
- R. Rathnavelu
- R. Madhi
- R. Velappan Nair
- Rajeev Ravi
- Rajesh Yadav
- Rajiv Menon
- Ramachandra Babu
- Ramananda Sengupta
- Ramji
- Rasool Ellore
- Ravi K. Chandran
- S. Kumar
- S. Ravi Varman
- S. R. Kathir
- 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
- Shehnad Jalal
- Shyam K. Naidu
- Shyju Khalid
- Sivakumar Vijayan
- Subrata Mitra
- Sudeep Chatterjee
- Supratim Bhol
- Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
- Sunny Joseph
- 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 Rao
- Vishnu Sarma
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer
- Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award (South)
- SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu)
- IIFA Award for Best Cinematography
- Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer
- 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
See also
References
- ↑ Making Meaning in Indian Cinema{{#if:Vasudevan|, Vasudevan}. Oxford University Press(1 January 2000). ISBN 978-0-19-564545-3
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema.
- ↑ History. Western India Cinematographers' Association. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ About | Western India Cinematographers Association.
- ↑ Archived copy. www.thesica.in. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ↑ Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) (Associate).
- ↑ Members. The ISC Website. Retrieved 2021-12-27.