Biju Viswanath

Biju Viswanath is an award winning international Director, Screenwriter, Director of Photography and Editor. Winner of several international awards ,his movies have been screened throughout the world. Viswanath has directed movies in English, Irish,Italian,Swahili, Japanese,and Indian languages. His Credits span multiple Genres:Thrillers, Mystery, Horror Romance and critically acclaimed dramas. His production house is based in Florence Viswanath's feature film Viola(2010/II)received the "Golden palm" award in the 2011 Mexico international film festival. 'Marathon' (2010) based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize winning American poet William Morris Meredith,Jr received two awards: best cinematography and best screenplay in the New York independent film festival. His English feature film 'Dejavu'(2001/II) with British actors was premiered at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival.Only two other Indian films have made it to Locarno in its 54-year history; the other being the Oscar nominated Hindi film Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001).