Sunny Joseph


Sunny Joseph is an Indian cinematographer and director from Kerala, most known for his work in Shaji N. Karun classic, Piravi, for which he won the 1988 Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography. He has Post Graduate Diploma in Cinematography from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Currently he is the President of Indian Society of Cinematographers,.

Early life and education

Born in 1957 in Kerala to CV Joseph and Thressiamma, he grew up in the household of two brothers including a twin, and six sisters. Sunny did his P.D.C. from St. Michael's College, Cherthala in Alappuzha district in 1974, followed by B.Sc. in Zoology from Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, in the Kottayam district of Kerala in 1977. He joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1979, where he did a Diploma in Cinema, specializing in Motion Picture Photography and graduated in 1983.

Career

After graduating from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1983, Sunny Joseph started working as a cinematographer in 1987. Piravi the film which he photographed for Shaji N. Karun became a landmark in his career and in Indian Cinema.
In 2002, Sunny assisted veteran cinematographer and Adoor Gopalakrishnan long-time collaborator, Mankada Ravi Varma, in his last work, Nizhalkuthu and eventually shot many scenes in the film for which Sunny is credited alongside Mankada Ravi Varma.

Selected filmography