Jiji P Joseph Explained

Jiji P Joseph
Birth Date:5 March 1981
Nationality:Indian
Yearsactive:2010present
Spouse:Sonia Joseph
Children:2

Jiji Panaparampil Joseph, also known as Jijimon Joseph (born 5 March 1981) is a location sound recordist, sound designer and film editor in Indian film industry. He won the first ever Kerala State Film Award 2014[1] [2] for location sound recording[3] for the film Oraalppokkam[4] [5] and the consecutive year for the film Ozhivudivasathe Kali[6] in fraternization with Sandeep Kurissery (now known as Sandeep Madhavam). He has fashioned his film career collaborating on feature films and short films in Malayalam cinema.

Biography

Jiji Joseph was born in Kanjirappally, Kerala, India to Joseph Varghese and Mariyamma Joseph, the youngest of four children. The dynamics and technicalities of film making was always a fascinating part of his dream and he had dreamed of being a part of the feature films. At the completion of schooling, he obtained diplomas in multimedia and computer hardware. Later, he gained an advanced diploma in digital editing and audio engineering from Keltron Advanced Training Centre, Sasthamangalam, Trivandrum.

Career

He started his career as a cable network technician in his neighborhood. After 7 years of satellite communication service, he began his professional career as a video editor in Shalom TV in 2008. He moved to Manorama News (MMTV) in 2009 and continued the same profession until 2011. He also served as senior video editor in Goodness TV from 2012 through 2014.

Career in films

In 2010, he committed for the first time to collaborate with a short film Will you be there? by Sandeep Kurissery and in 2013, he worked along with Sandeep as location sound recordist and editor for another short film Amguleechaalitham[7] ("Manipulated by fingers") by Prasanth Vijay. In 2014, in collaboration with Sandeep, he did the location sound for the first feature film Oraalppokkam[8] [9] ("Six Feet High") directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, that brought him the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Sync Sound (location sound) in 2014. The following year, he committed his second project again with Sanal Kumar Sasidharan for his feature film Ozhivudivasathe Kali[10] ("An Off day Game") that carried for a second time the Kerala State Film Award 2015 for the Best Sync Sound. In 2015, he did the location sound for the film Savam[11] ("The Corpse") directed by Don Palathra. He recorded the location sound for the Marathi/Hindi film Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?[12] ("The Forsaken") directed by Jiju Antony in 2016. He worked as location sound recordist, sound designer (along with Sandeep Kurissery) and film editor in the feature film Athisayangalude Venal ("The Summer of Miracles") directed by Prasanth Vijay in 2017.

Personal life

Jiji is married to Sonia. The couple have two children, Elon J Joseph and Eian J Joseph. He belongs from Chotty, a small village situated between Kanjirappally and Mundakayam, in the district of Kottayam, Kerala, India. He lives in Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom.

Filmography and awards

YearFilmLanguageCategoryRolesAchievements
2010Will you be there?[13] MalayalamShort FilmEditor
2013Amguleechaalitham (Manipulated By Fingers)[14] MalayalamShort FilmLocation sound and editor
2014Oraalppokkam (Six Feet High)[15] MalayalamFeature FilmLocation soundKerala State Film Award
2015Ozhivudivasathe Kali (An Off-Day Game)[16] MalayalamFeature FilmLocation soundKerala State Film Award
2015Savam (The Corpse)MalayalamFeature FilmLocation sound, sound mixing, Sound designer
2016Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani? (The Forsaken)[17] Marathi-HindiFeature FilmLocation sound
2017Prathibhasam (The Tetrahedron)[18] MalayalamFeature FilmLocation sound
2017Athisayangalude Venal (The Summer of Miracles)[19] MalayalamFeature FilmLocation sound, film editor, sound designer and associate producer
2018Rosa Lima[20] MalayalamShort FilmLocation sound, sound designer
20191956, MadhyathiruvithamkoorMalayalamFeature filmLocation sound

Film festivals

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://keralafilm.com/index.php/kca-updates/318-state-film-award-2014 State Film Award 2014
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20151115100032/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/New-Gen-Wave-Sweeps-Kerala-Awards/2015/08/11/article2968025.ece New-Gen Wave Sweeps Kerala Awards
  3. News: Resounding success . 21 August 2015 . Rasmi . Benoy. The Hindu. 7 September 2019 .
  4. http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-oraalppokkam-is-disturbingly-impressive-south/20151005.htm Oraalppokkam is disturbingly impressive
  5. http://fullpicture.in/talking-detail/40/to-sync-or-not-to-sy.html To sync or not to sync
  6. https://www.keralafilm.com/index.php/archive/awards/film-awards-2015 State Film Award 2015
  7. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3319128/ Amguleechaalitham
  8. http://news.keralakaumudi.com/news.php?nid=7de588903c7320001aba4bdea726bbac അവാർഡ് പിടിച്ചെടുത്ത ശബ്ദങ്ങൾ
  9. http://southlive.in/movies-film-update/12778 ജനകീയ ചലച്ചിത്രവഴിയില്‍ ഒരുക്കിയ ഒരാള്‍പ്പൊക്കം തിയറ്ററുകളിലേക്ക്
  10. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2016/mar/02/charlie-sweeps-state-film-awards-898624.html 'Charlie' Sweeps State Film Awards
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208045155/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Preview-of-Shavam-on-Saturday/2015/11/26/article3146582.ece Preview of Shavam on Saturday
  12. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5030116/ Eli Eli Lama Sabacthani?
  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j07MhTDGcU Will you be there?
  14. https://vimeo.com/57316277 Amguleechaalitham
  15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3WdPuKyJaI/ Oraalppokkam
  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqllqX2DDAc&t=123s/ Ozhivudivasathe Kali
  17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKQvuKa8ZEPreview Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?
  18. https://iffk.in/the-tetrahedron-prathibhasam/ Prathibhasam (The Tetrahedron)
  19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCdIIz9k5Go Athisayangalude Venal
  20. http://filmocracy.in/rosa-lima Filmocracy Foundation
  21. http://iffk.in/the-summer-of-miracles-athisayangalude-venal/ International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)