Priya Krishnaswamy is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, where she specialised in film editing.
She is a 2-time National Award-winning Indian film producer, writer, director and editor who works predominantly in Hindi and Tamil cinema.
In 2004, her English language documentary film, 'The Eye of the Fish - the Kalaris of Kerala' won the National Award for Best Arts / Cultural film.[1]
She made her feature film directorial debut with the Hindi film Gangoobai (2013), which was a product of NFDC's screenwriters' lab in 2009.[2]
She wrote, edited, directed and produced the Tamil language thriller Baaram (2020) which won the National Award for Best Tamil Feature Film in 2019.[3] [4]
| Year | Film | Credited as | Language | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Editor | |||||
| 1988 | Om-Dar-B-Dar | |||||
| 1989 | Percy | Also actress | ||||
| 1990 | Kaafila | Hindi | ||||
| 1998 | Bombay Boys | Hindi | ||||
| 1999 | Bhopal Express | Hindi | ||||
| 2013 | Gangoobai | Hindi | Also writer | |||
| 2020 | Baaram | Also producer and writer | ||||