Biju Viswanath

Biju Viswanath is an awardwinning 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 Viswanaths 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 54year history the other being the Oscar nominated Hindi film Lagaan Once Upon a Time in India 2001