Vipin Vijay is a Mollywood/Malayalam cinematographer, film director, and screenwriter. He is the first Indian to attain the prestigious Tiger Award at the Rotterdam IFF for his Malayalam documentary film “Video Game,” and one of the two filmmakers in Focus at the 10th edition of the International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK). He was born in 1977, Kannur, Kerala, India, and grew up in Calicut. Vipin is the son of E.Vijayan Nair (Professor of mechanical engineering at the “National Institute of Technology, Calicut), and Vasanthi Vijayan. He grew up reading his Grandfather’s diaries, which made him understand his great Grandfather’s performances and the experience of the oracle. His Grandfather was an oracle practitioner in Kannur district; later, he became a teacher. Vipin was influenced by most of his nostalgic work during his visit. He was a student of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, India. He explores all traditional genres, documentary, fiction, essay, and experimental film. Eight of his films screened at the Fite. His films have been widely shown in film festivals including Mumbai International short & Animation film festival (MIFF), Rotterdam (IFRR), Milan (MIFF), New York, Karachi, Paris, Beverly Chicago Arts Center, Beijing, Hyderabad IFF, Oberhausen, and IFF of Goa, India.
Birthday: March 25, 1977
October 27, 2010
January 01, 2006
May 10, 2018
January 01, 2007
January 01, 2003
January 01, 2001
January 01, 2012
January 01, 2008
January 01, 2000
December 15, 2018
December 12, 2018
October 16, 2015