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Lijo Jose Pellissery

Name in Native Language: "ലിജോ ജോസ് പെല്ലിശ്ശേരി" (Malayalam/ML)
Film Director / Screenwriter | * 09/12/1979 (44) | Chalakudy, Kerala (India)
Lijo Jose Pellissery (born 18 September 1978) is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. His best works include Amen (2013), Angamaly Diaries (2017), Ee.Ma.Yau. (2018), Jallikattu (2019), Churuli (2021), and Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (2023). He is a recipient of the Best Director Award at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for Ee.Ma.Yau., Best Director Award at the 50th Kerala State Film Awards for Jallikattu, Best Film Award at the 44th Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for Jallikattu and twice recipient of Silver Peacock-Best Director at the 49th International ... ()
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Lijo Jose Pellissery is an Indian film director and actor who predominantly works in Malayalam Cinema. Known for his unconventional approach in directing, his films are characterized by nonlinear storylines and very long takes.He is a recipient of the Best Director Award at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for Ee.Ma.Yau, Best Director Award at the 50th Kerala State Film Awards for Jallikattu, Best Film Award at the 44th Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for Jallikattu and twice recipient of Silver Peacock for the Best Director at the 49th International Film Festival of India and 50th International Film Festival of India for his films Ee.Ma.Yau and Jallikattu respectively. He also received the Silver Crow Pheasant Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2018. He is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential filmmakers of present Indian Cinema.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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Set in Chellanam, Kochi, the story revolves around the death of Vavachan Mesthiri in a coastal village. It showcases the events that unfold between two evenings and looks at death from different persp ...

Ee.Ma.Yau.

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2018 | 3.9/5 | 2h
Drama, Comedy
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Two cops undercover trailing a fugitive enter a hamlet inside a dense forest. At every turn, they encounter a mysterious character who further misleads them into new labyrinths. ...

Churuli

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2021 | 3.7/5 | 2h
Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Horror
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A group of Malayali travellers were returning to Kerala by bus after their visit to Velankanni. They all doze off in a lazy nap after lunch. Like a traveler who forgot his destination, James stops the ...

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

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2023 | 3.2/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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An escaped buffalo triggers a frenzy of ecstatic violence in a remote village. ...

Jallikattu

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2019 | 3.4/5 | 1h 35min
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Movies with Lijo Jose Pellissery as Actor(11)

2018 Freedom at Midnight
as Britto2018 Padayottam
as Man buying pork2017 Angamaly Diaries
as himself2017 Oru Cinemakkaran
as Len Prasad2017 Mayaanadhi
as himself2016 Darvinte Parinamam
as Thomas2016 Akashvani
2014 Oru Korean Padam
as Priest2014 Sapthamashree Thaskaraha
as Terrorist Leader2011 Bombay March 12
as Steve2010 Nayakan

Movies with Lijo Jose Pellissery as Crew(20)

Directing/Director2024 Malaikottai Vaaliban
Writing/Writer2024 Malaikottai Vaaliban
Directing/Director2023 Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Production/Producer2023 Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Writing/Story2023 Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Production/Producer2021 Story of a Beginning
Directing/Director2021 Churuli
Production/Producer2021 Churuli
Directing/Director2019 Jallikattu
Production/Producer2019 Thamasha
Directing/Director2018 Ee.Ma.Yau.
Production/Co-Producer2018 Freedom at Midnight
Directing/Director2017 Angamaly Diaries
Directing/Director2015 Double Barrel
Production/Producer2015 Double Barrel
Writing/Writer2015 Double Barrel
Directing/Director2013 Amen
Writing/Story2013 Amen
Directing/Director2011 City of God
Directing/Director2010 Nayakan

Citizenship: India
Born: Wednesday, 09/12 1979 (September) in Chalakudy, Kerala (India) (current age: 44 years + 228 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Educated at: Union Christian College, Aluva
Father: Jose Pellissery
Other names for Lijo Jose Pellissery (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"ലിജോ ജോസ് പെല്ലിശ്ശേരി"
Lijo Jose Pellissery frequently works together with these people:
Chemban Vinod Jose (18x, Actor)
Prashant Pillai (10x, Crew)
Prithviraj Sukumaran (7x, Actor)
P S Rafeeque (7x, Crew)
Renganaath Ravee (6x, Crew)
S. Hareesh (6x, Crew)
Ronex Xavier (5x, Crew)
Sudheer Karamana (5x, Actor)
Anil Murali (5x, Actor)
Deepu Joseph (5x, Crew)
Balaram J (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:360698, Added: 08/15/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024