Biju Viswanath
Writing
Biography
Biju Viswanath is an award-winning director, screenwriter, director of photography and editor. Winner of several international awards, his movies have been screened throughout the world. Viswanath has directed movies in English, Irish, Italian, Swahili, Japanese, and Indian. His credits span multiple genres: thrillers, mystery, horror, romance and drama. His production house is based in Florence. Viswanath's feature film Viola (2010) received the "Golden Palm" award at the 2011 Mexico International Film Festival. "Marathon" (2010), based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize winning American poet William Morris Meredith, Jr., received two awards - Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay - in the New York Independent Film Festival. His English feature film "Dejavu" (2001) premiered at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival. Only two other Indian films have made it to Locarno in its 54-year history; the other being the Oscar nominated Hindi film Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001).
Known For
An aspiring scientist and a musician, both peculiar by nature, set out on an ambitious trip to Mars.
Chennai Palani Mars
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Orange Mittai
Marathon explores the relation ship between two poets Richard Harteis and William Meredith former US poet laureate and winner of every major American award for poetry including the 1988 Pulitzer prize.
Marathon
Pailey, a stuntman, goes back to his village as he gets severely injured in an accident. He sees his villagers struggling due to many problems and decides to help them, which puts him in trouble
Phantom
Peter Scott is a 1995 Indian Malayalam Thriller film, directed by Biju Viswanath and produced by M. S. M Rafi. The film stars Raghuvaran, Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan, Kalpana and Prem Kumar. The film has background score by S. P. Venkatesh and one English song composed by Babu Jose.
Peter Scott
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Angikaaram
An Indian filmmaker arrives in the USA to make a movie about his friend's neurological disabilities. The global pandemic maroons the filmmaker in the USA for five months. The filmmaker didn't have much of a choice, but to keep filming with an ensemble cast of an American lunatic, scientist turned belly dancer, cranky military veteran, neurotic clergyman, Mormon comedian, LGBTQ musicians, pro wrestlers, a porn star and full-time dreamers. The perfect recipe for a f**ked-up movie.
How to Make F**ked Up Movies
Brian, a stand-up comedian whose life is spinning out of control, has to deal with kidnap, then escapes and had to search for his would-be murderer who has ordered the kidnap.
Transcendental Layover
When a Zanzibari boy finds a fish in muddy water, the challenge of keeping it alive pushes him in an unexpected direction, which turns out to be the ultimate test of his faith in the universe.