Director
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
85 years · Adoor, Travancore, India · 25 films
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 and psychological themes.
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Filmography 24
A Happy End
2019 · Writer, Director
8½ Intercuts : Life and Films of K.G. George
2017 · Self
Once Again
2016 · Director, Writer
Adoor: A Journey in Frames
2015 · Self
Images | Reflections
2015 · Himself
Celluloid Man
2012 · Self
On Criterion Channel
La danse de l'enchanteresse
2008 · Director, Screenplay
A Climate for Crime
2008 · Writer, Producer
Four Women
2007 · Director, Screenplay
Filmmakers in Action
2006 · Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self
Shadow Kill
2002 · Director, Writer
On Fawesome
Man of the Story
1995 · Director, Writer
Vidheyan
1994 · Director, Screenplay
Mathilukal
1990 · Director, Screenplay
Anantaram
1987 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Face to Face
1984 · Director, Screenplay
Elippathayam
1982 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Krishnanattam
1982 · Director
The Chola Heritage
1980 · Narrator, Producer
Kodiyettam
1978 · Writer, Director
Swayamvaram
1972 · Director, Screenplay
Light
1965 · Director, Screenplay
A Great Day
1965 · Director, Screenplay