Santosh Sivan
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About
Prolific Indian filmmaker with more than eighty films to his name. He has won double-digit National Film Awards as a director and cinematographer on films like 1996's Kalapani.
Before fame
He was raised in a family full of artists and made his film debut as a cinematographer on the 1989 film Raakh.
Trivia
He has made films for children, winning the Best Children's Film award for his 1996 film Halo.
Family life
His father was a documentarian.
Associated with
His film The Terrorist was named by the late film critic Roger Ebert as one of the 100 Best Films.