Stephy Zaviour is an Indian

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

working predominantly in

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, '' Elippat ...

Early life

Stephy was born to Late Zaviour Karivelil and Gracy Karivelil and brought up in

Wayanad Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the sout ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...

. She did her schooling at St.Joseph Higher Secondary School,

Kallody Kallody is a village in the Edavaka Grama panchayath of the Wayanad district, Kerala, India. This village falls under the Mananthavady Taluk. The Hill Highway (Kerala) SH-59 passes through this village town. Kallody is home to the St. George ...

, and graduated with a bachelor's degree from

K.L.E. Society's S. Nijalingappa College K.L.E. Society's S. Nijalingappa College (KLE SNC) is a college in Bangalore, India which offers PU and degree courses. It is affiliated to Bengaluru City University. The college is under the management of Karnataka Lingayat Education Society ...

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Career

She started her career as costumer designer in the industry when she was just 23. She completed over 65 films by the year 2021, including

Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi ''Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy-adventure written and directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon. It features an ensemble cast including Kunchako Boban, Bharath, Sunny Wayne, Nedumudi Venu, Chemban Vinod, ...

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and

Ezra Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe ('' sofer'') and priest ('' kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρ� ...

. In 2016, Stephy worked on more than 96 films and 300 ad films. Stephy won her first Kerala State Award for Costume Designer for her work in the movie

. She made her directorial debut through the film ''

Madhura Manohara Moham ''Madhura Manohara Moham'' () is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Stephy Zaviour and written by Mahesh Gopal and Jai Vishnu. The film features an ensemble cast with Sharaf U Dheen, Rajisha Vijayan, Bindu Panicker, ...

''.

Filmography

As costume designer

As director

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zaviour, Stephy Living people 1992 births Costume designers of Malayalam cinema Kerala State Film Award winners Indian costume designers 21st-century Indian designers 21st-century Indian women artists Women costume designers