John Sankaramangalam

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 07/16/1934

Date of death : 07/30/2018

City of birth : Eraviperoor, Kerala, India

John Sankaramangalam was an Indian filmmaker and former director of the FTII, Pune. He was an executive member of CILECT and a renowned teacher in filmmaking and recipient of numerous awards including National Film Award, Kerala State Film Award and Nargis Dutt Award. He joined FTII in 1962. He obtained a diploma in film direction and script writing from FTII. Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan was his classmate.