Jayan K. Cherian

Jayan K. Cherian
Born Jayan K. Cherian
Muvattupuzha, Kerala[1]
Ethnicity Indian/South Asian
Occupation Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Actor
Website http://jayankc.com/

Jayan K. Cherian (Malayalam: ജയന്‍ കെ. ചെറിയാന്‍ ) is an Indian poet filmmaker who lives in New York, US. He used to write in Malayalam (under the name Jayan KC) and English languages. His documentary film Shape of the Shapeless got wide popularity on Many film festivals like International festival circuit, The International Film Festival of South Africa, as well as several festivals in North America. It won the Silver Jury Prize at the San Francisco Short Film Festival 2010, the Eastman Kodak award for Best Cinematography, and City Visions 2010 award for Best Documentary. Graduated with honors from Hunter College, BA in Film and Creative Writing and MFA from The City College of New York in Writing Directing Film, and Cinematography. Ka Bodyscapes (2016) is his new feature film, Papilio Buddha (2013), his critically acclaimed debut feature film, was screened in the Panorama Section at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. He made several experimental documentaries and narrative shorts such as: Shape of the Shapeless (2010) Love in the Time of Foreclosure (2009), Hidden Things (2009), Soul of Solomon (2008), Capturing the Signs of God (2008), Holy Mass (2007), Tree of Life (2007), Simulacra the Reality of the Unreal (2007), The Inner Silence of the Tumult (2007), Hid-entity (2007), and Tandava the Dance of Dissolution(2006).

Filmography

Year Film Director Producer Writer Editor Cinematographer
2007 Tree of Life Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2008 Soul of Solomon Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2008 Inner Silence of the Tumult Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2010 Shape of the Shapeless Yes Yes Yes No Yes
2011 Miss Rose Wood (Documentary) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2013 Papilio Buddha Yes No Yes Yes No
2016 Ka Bodyscapes Yes Yes Yes No No

Poems

Malayalam

English

Awards

For Film[2]

For Literature

References

External links

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