- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 3, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Adoor, Travancore, India
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers of India, Gopalakrishnan played a major role in revolutionising Malayalam cinema during the 1970s and 80s. His first film, Swayamvaram (1972), pioneered the new wave cinema movement in Kerala. One of the most celebrated directors in the history of Indian cinema, he has won 16 National Film Awards, 17 Kerala State Film Awards and several international film awards. For his 1981 directorial venture Elippathayam, he was conferred the prestigious British Film Institute Award. Gopalakrishnan received the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2006. In 2004, he was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. Gopalakrishnan's works often depict the society and culture of his native state, Kerala, and deal with social…
Filmography
movieA Happy End
2019 · Director, Writer
movie8½ Intercuts : Life and Films of K.G. George
2017 · Self
movieOnce Again
2016 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieAdoor: A Journey in Frames
2015 · Self
movieImages | Reflections
2015 · Himself
Bhoomiyil Chuvadurachu
movieBhoomiyil Chuvadurachu
2014
movieCelluloid Man
2012 · Self
movieLa danse de l'enchanteresse
2008 · Director, Screenplay
movieA Climate for Crime
2008 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieFour Women
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieFilmmakers in Action
2006 · Self
movieFilmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self
movieShadow Kill
2002 · Director, Writer, Producer, Production Design
Kalamandalam Gopi
movieKalamandalam Gopi
1999 · Director
movieMan of the Story
1995 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieVidheyan
1994 · Director, Screenplay
movieMathilukal
1990 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieAnantaram
1987 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieGanga
1985 · Cinematography
movieFace to Face
1984 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieElippathayam
1982 · Director, Writer
movieKrishnanattam
1982 · Director
movieThe Chola Heritage
1980 · Narrator, Script, Producer, Director
movieKodiyettam
1978 · Director, Writer
movieSwayamvaram
1972 · Director, Screenplay
movieLight
1965 · Director, Screenplay
movieA Great Day
1965 · Director, Screenplay
moviePadayaatra
— · Director, Writer