Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bangalore
Occupations
Filmmaker
actor
Years active
2010–present
Spouse
Jasmine James
Parent
Jose Pellissery (father)
Awards
Kerala State Film Awards (2)
IFFI (2)
IFFK (2)
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),[1]Ee.Ma.Yau. (2018), Jallikattu (2019), Churuli (2021), and Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (2023).[2][3]
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 Film Festival of India and 50th International Film Festival of India for his films Ee.Ma.Yau. and Jallikattu respectively.[4] He also received the Silver Crow Pheasant Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2018.[5]
Pellissery made his debut in 2010 with the crime film Nayakan and followed it up with the crime-drama City of God (2011) and the black comedy satire Amen (2013), the last mentioned, a commercial success at the Kerala box office. His fourth film, Double Barrel, an experimental film received only mixed reviews. His fifth film was again a crime-gangster film Angamaly Diaries (2017), starring almost 90 new actors, which preceded Ee.Ma.Yau., released in 2018. His movie Jallikkattu premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2020, Jallikkattu was selected as India's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.
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^"Lijo Jose Pellissery's Churuli was shot in just 19 days!!". 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^"മരണത്തോളം സത്യസന്ധം ഈ ചിത്രം; റിവ്യു". ManoramaOnline. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^"ലിജോ ജോസ് പെല്ലിശ്ശേരി മികച്ച സംവിധായകന്; ഡാര്ക്ക് റൂം മികച്ച ചിത്രം". Mathrubhumi. 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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