P. S. Nivas

P.S.Nivas
Born	Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Occupation	Cinematographer, Film director, Producer

P. S. Nivas, born in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and film producer who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi cinema.

He graduated from the St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Kozhikode and passed Diploma in Film Technology From Institute of film Technology, Adayar, Madras. He was awarded the National Film Awards for Best Cinematographer for the Malayalam movie Mohiniyattam in the year 1977. He has won Kerala Film Fans Association award-1977 for the best cinematographer for the same movie in the year 1977. The Andhra Pradesh State government award Nandi award for the year 1979 for the best cinematographer was awarded to Nivas for the Telugu movie Nimajjanam.

Nivas started his film career as an operative camera man in P. N. Menon’s Malayalam movies - Kuttyedathi (1971), Mappusakshi (1972), Chembarathi (1972) and director Babu Nanthankode's Swapnam (1973), in which Ashok Kumar was the cinematographer. His first film as an independent camera man was Sathyathinte Nizhalil for which Babu Nanthankode was the director. Sudheer,the hero of the movie Sathyathinte Nizhalil, received the Best Actor Award of the Kerala State Government in 1975.

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