Vinod Sukumaran is an Indian film maker and film editor. He won the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director for the film Diary of a Housewife in 2001.
He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. He has won the Kerala state Film Award as Best Editor for the Malayalam film Ore Kadal directed by Shyamaprasad in 2007 and Ivan Megharoopan directed by P.Balachandran. His first feature film was Haram in 2015.
Personal life
Vinod Sukumaran was born on 20 January at Palakkad district of Kerala, as the youngest son of K. Sukumaran and M. Karthiyani. After completing his degree (BTA) in Theatre Arts from the School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur, Calicut University, in 1989, he joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1992, where he earned his diploma in Film Editing. His first independent work as an editor was the FTII diploma film Veg or Non-Veg (1993), directed by Gurpal Singh.
Career Sukumaran was assistant editor from 1995 to 1999 for Renu Saluja. His first film, Diary of a Housewife, won the National Award in 2002 for the Best first film of a Director in non-fiction category.
He has achieved Mathrubhumi film award as best film editor for AKALE, a Malayalam feature film directed by Shyamaprasad in 2005 and best film editor award for the same film in the same year from Kerala state Film Critic Association.
Sukumaran has chaired or participated on judging panels of multiple film festivals and award shows, including Kerala State Film Award. His first feature film was HARAM the Malayalam film acted by the Fahad Fasil and Radhika Apte in lead roles.
Filmography Year Title Editor Director Line producer Awards Notes 1999 Lights on water Yes Documentary 1999 Agnisakshi Associate director 2002 Diary of a Housewife Yes Yes Yes National Award for Best First film of a Director, Non-Fiction Category Short film, co- writer with Mohan Raghavan 2003 Ullurukkam Yes Yes Associate director 2004 Akale Yes Mathrubhumi Film Award for Best Editor, Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Editor Associate director 2006 Daivanamathil Yes Co-editor with Bina Paul 2007 Ore Kadal Yes Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor 2008 10ML Lov Yes Hindi feature film 2008 Hello Zindagi Yes Yes Hindi feature film 2008 Firaq First AD Hindi feature film 2009 Rithu Yes Yes Sound designer 2009 786 Yes Yes Yes TV film 2010 TD Dasan Std 6B Yes 2010 Elektra Yes 2010 Clock Wise Yes Online editor 2010 Chandrayaan Yes English feature film 2011 Ivan Megharoopan Yes Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor 2012 Arike Yes 2013 English Yes 2013 Artist Yes 2015 Haram (film) Yes Yes Writer 2015 Ore Udal Yes Co-writer
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