Lijin Jose | |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1978 |
Birth Place: | Kerala, India |
Occupation: | Film director |
Years Active: | 2010-present |
Lijin Jose is a Malayalam film director with two feature films and one documentary to his credit. His debut movie was Friday starring Fahad Fazil. He is also the founder of Every Dog has its Day Productions (EDHID)[1] and Make My Theatre.[2] He studied filmmaking from C-DIT. His diploma project film, Night Is Difficult to Cut won the best student film award by UGC-CEC. He worked as a paneled director at C-DIT where he made many documentaries, ad films and public awareness films. Before starting his film career, he also worked as an assistant director with filmmakers V. K. Prakash, T. K. Rajeev Kumar and Deepu Karunakaran
Lijin was born in Alappuzha, Kerala, India. He did his PG masters in English language and literature from the University of Kerala. He also has a PG diploma in filmmaking from Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT).
Lijin Started his film career as an assistant director in 2003. He assisted Ivar, The Journey, Chacko Randaaman, Winter (2004 film) and Seetha Kalyanam. His first film was Friday starring Fahad Fazil and Ann Augustine. He directed Law Point starring Kunchako Boban and Namitha Pramod[3] soon after and focused on making a documentary on the veteran filmmaker, K.G George on his life and career. [4] [5]
(2017) Documentary
(Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India (IFFI), International Documentary Short Film Festival of India (IDSFFK), Signs International Film Festival, Prisma International Film Festival)
Unfriend (2014) Malayalam short film
(Official Selection International Documentary Short Film Festival of India (IDSFFK), Signs International Film Festival, Shimla International Film Festival)
Friday (2012) Malayalam feature film
(Official Selection, International Film Festival of Kerala)
Conditions Apply (2010) Malayalam short film
Official Selection-International Documentary Short Film Festival of India (IDSFFK), Signs International Film Festival
Night Is Difficult To Cut (2001) Short film
Best Student Film award by UGC- CEC
No. | Year | Movie | Cast | Notes | |
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1 | 2012 | Friday | Fahadh Faasil, Ann Augustine | Directorial debut | |
2 | 2014 | Law Point | Kunchako Boban, Namitha Pramod |
No. | Year | Movie | Notes | |
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1 | 2010 | Conditions Apply | ||
2 | 2014 | Unfriend | ||
3 | 2017 | Documentary Film |