Shaji N. Karun
Shaji Neelakantan Karunakaran (1 January 1952 – 28 April 2025), better known as Shaji N. Karun, was an Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi won the Caméra d'Or – Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He was the inaugural chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the executive chairman of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) from 1998 to 2001.
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- 1952-01-01
- Died
- 2025-04-28
Known for
- Vanaprastham (1999) — Director
- Kanchana Sita (1978) — Director of Photography
- Kummatty (1979) — Director of Photography
- Kutty Srank (2010) — Director
- Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil (1986) — Director of Photography
- Esthappan (1980) — Director of Photography
- Panchavadi Palam (1984) — Director of Photography
- Chidambaram (1985) — Director of Photography
- Piravi (1989) — Director
- Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback (1983) — Cinematography
- Pokkuveyil (1982) — Director of Photography
- And There Was a Village... (1987) — Director of Photography
- The Circus Tent (1978) — Director of Photography
- My Own (1994) — Director
- Meenamasathile Suryan (1986) — Director of Photography
- She (2019) — Director