Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan ASC ISC is an Indian cinematographer film director producer and actor in Indian cinema Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India FTII and has to date completed 45 feature films and 41 documentaries3 He is a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers ISC and is the most awarded Director of Photography DOP in India Santosh became the first Cinematographer in the AsiaPacific region to be honoured with American Society of Cinematographers ASC membership As a cinematographer he has won five National Film Awards including four for Best Feature Film Cinematography As of 2014 he has received 11 National Film Awards and 21 international awardsfor his work in various filmsHe was awarded the Padmashree by the president of India in the year 2014