Vipin Vijay
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Vipin Vijay 25 March 1976 Kannur, Kerala State, India |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Parent(s) | Dr. E. Vijayan Nair, Vasanthi Vijayan |
Vipin Vijay(Born 25 March 1976) is an award winning contemporary film director and screenwriter from India. A post graduate in film making from the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute SRFTI, Calcutta. He received the Charles Wallace Arts Award for research at the British Film Institute, London, 2003. Vipin is the recipient of "The Sanskriti Award" (2007) for social & cultural achievement. His works are made under independent codes and defy any categorisation eluding all traditional genre definitions and merge experimental film, documentary, essay, fiction all into one.
Vipin Vijay was born in Kannur and grew up in Calicut (Kozhikode) Kerala. His father, Dr. E. Vijayan Nair was a professor in the, Department of mechanical engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. His schooling was at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Calicut (Kozhikode). Vipin graduated from St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Calicut.
His diploma film at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute titled Unmathabudham Jagath (The Egotic World) was based on the text of Yoga Vasishta. The film won the Kodak, International film school competition, 2002. Film Critic & Author Amrit Gangar has cited the film as one among the 10 best experimental Indian films ever made. The film premiered at competition section of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2001. The film was screened in festivals including Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Montreal, Mumbai International short & Animation film festival MIFF, International Film Festival of Kerala and International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
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