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John Sankaramangalam (16 July 1934 – 30 July 2018) was an Indian filmmaker and former director of the FTII, Pune. He has lso served the positions of vice-chairman of
Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Kerala State Motion Picture Academy is an autonomous non-profit institution based in Trivandrum, working under the Department of Cultural Affairs (Kerala), Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. History It was founded in Augus ...
, principal of St. Joseph College of Communication and as a jury member of the
International Film Festival of India The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is an annual film festival currently held in Goa, on the western coast of India. The festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excel ...
. He was an executive member of
CILECT The International Association of Film and Television Schools (French: ''Centre international de liaison des écoles de cinéma et de télévision'', CILECT) is the association of the world's major film and television schools. History CILECT wa ...
. He was a renowned teacher in filmmaking and recipient of numerous awards including
National Film Award The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...
,
Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a cinema of kerala, motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs (Kerala), Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and sin ...
and Nargis Dutt Award.


Biography


Early life

Sankaramangalam was born on 16 July 1934, in
Eraviperoor Eraviperoor is a village in Thiruvalla taluk, Pathanamthitta district in the state of Kerala. Eraviperoor is the part of Thiruvalla Taluk in east location and is part of the Aranmula legislative assembly constituency. It comes under Thiruvall ...
of
Pathanamthitta Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality, city in southern Kerala, India, spread over an area of . It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37,538 (as of 2011 census). The Hindu pilgrim centre Sab ...
district. He was the son of Thaiparambil Sankaramangalam T.O. Chacko and Annamma. After completing his schooling from St. John's School, Eraviperoor, he joined St. Berchmans College, Changanassery and later MCC for higher studies.


Film career

Sankaramangalam became a teacher at the age of 19 at MCC. Later he quit the job and joined FTII in 1962. He obtained a diploma in film direction and script writing from FTII. Veteran filmmaker
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was his classmate. He entered the film industry by writing the screenplay for the Tamil film ''Jayasree''. His first directorial venture was '' Janmabhoomi'' which was released in 1969. The film won the Nargis Dutt Award and Kerala State Film Award. In 1977, he directed ''Samadhi'', a documentary film about
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to help a cinematography student. The film won him Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film at
25th National Film Awards The 25th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Cinema of India, I ...
. In 2003, he won the ''Chalachitra Prathibha'' award from
Kerala Film Critics Association The Kerala Film Critics Association Awards are presented annually by the Kerala Film Critics Association to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Malayalam language film industry of India. The awards were instit ...
for his contribution to Malayalam cinema as a director.


Death

Sankaramangalam died on July 30, 2018, due to age-related illness.


Selected filmography


References


External links

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Manorama News about John Sankaramangalam

Memoir about John Sankaramangalam by MVTV
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