Pawan Kumar (director)
Pawan Kumar is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter from the Kannada film industry.
Pawan Kumar is well known for writing the films Manasaare and Pancharangi. His directorial debut Lifeu Ishtene and the 2013 psychological thriller Lucia became one of the biggest turning points of his career. Being from a theatre background, he wrote scripts for plays on stage before working as an associate director with Yograj Bhat. He has also acted in the plays he wrote namely "The Final Reharsal" which is about an actor and reality television and "The woman in me" which is loosely based on the concept that there is a woman in every man and vice versa.
Pawan also holds a production house named Pawan Kumar Films. His mother tongue is Marathi.Recently during lockdown,Pawan has given free online workshop on YouTube on topic how to make a movie which has 7 chapters during workshop he also revealed that why his film-C10H14N2-is not yet made.He also shot a short film at home- A Labour unthanked.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
| 2011 | Lifeu Ishtene | Kannada | Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada |
| 2013 | Lucia | Kannada | Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada |
| 2016 | U Turn | Kannada | Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada |
| 2018 | U-Turn | Tamil Telugu | Bilingual Film |
| 2019 | Leila | Hindi | Netflix web series |
As producer
| Year | Film | Notes |
| 2017 | Ondu Motteya Kathe | Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada |
As actor
As a story/screenplay writer/Dialogue writer
- Manasaare
- Pancharangi
- Lifeu Ishtene
- Lucia
- C 10 H 14 N 2
- U Turn
- U Turn
Accolades
- Young Performing Arts Entrepreneur 2009 by British Council
- Osians Indian Talent Campus 2007
- Ability Foundation Short Films 2007
- Indian Young Achiever 2006
- 101 Genesis Film Project 2006
- Best Actor Thespo 2002
- Best Creative Direction for Times Playfest
- Young Creative Entrepreneur 2012 Indian Winner, by British Council
- Best Director for Lifeu Ishtene.
- Won Audience Award at fourth London Indian Film Festival for film Lucia.
- Filmfare Best Director for LUCIA
- Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada for producing Ondu Motteya Kathe in 2018