Manoj S Nair

Manoj S Nair is a film director and screenwriter from Kerala, India who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Manoj S Nair made his directorial debut in the Malayalam film industry with Lessons.[1][2][3][4][5][6] [7]

Manoj S Nair
മനോജ് എസ് നായർ
Born (1979-08-14) 14 August 1979
Attingal, Kerala, India
Alma mater
OccupationFilm director, writer, engineer
Years activeSince 2012

Personal life and education

Manoj S Nair was born on 14 August 1979 in Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He completed his schooling from B.T.S, Attingal and Govt B.H.S Attingal. He did his pre-university course (1994-1996) and completed Bachelor of Science BSc in Physics (1996-1999) from St. Xavier's College, Thumba. Later he completed his Bachelor of Engineering B.Tech in Electrical engineering (EEE)(1999-2003) from NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad and Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam. He is working as R&D Engineer in a Central Government organistaion at Thiruvananthapuram from January 2007.

He also serving as an executive member of `CONTACT`;[8][9][10][11] which is regarded as the first organization for artists and technicians of film and television fraternity of Kerala.

Career

Manoj S Nair is a blogger in Malayalam since 2012.His short stories and articles are published in many magazines. He has scripted and directed some short films and few commercials from 2015. His screenplay 'Darbe Guje'(2016)[12] was influenced by action comic books and the shortfilm was critically acclaimed by its special way of presentation. In the year 2018, he written and directed the short fiction film `Goal....[13] It was selected and screened for more than 15 national and international festivals across the globe and won various awards.[14][15][16][17] His screenplays bagged many awards in screen writing competitions.[18] Manoj S Nair made his directorial debut in the Malayalam film industry with Lessons;[19][20][21][22] the four-part anthology film by CONTACT members and technicians in the banner of CONTACT Films released in October 2019. His part is based on his award winning screenplay "Swargathil oru Rathri".[23][24][25]

Filmography
Year Film Language Role Notes
2019LessonsMalayalamDirector/Script Writer

Short films

Manoj S Nair worked as creative consultant, screenwriter and director for some short films.

  • Darbe Guje (2016)as Screenwriter
  • Goal...(2018)as Screenwriter/Director

Awards
  • IDSFFK2016 International Film Festival of Kerala organised by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy - Special Jury mention for the Short film Darbe Guje[26][27]
  • CONTACT Film Festival 2017 Screen writing competition-Best screenplay "Swargathil oru Rathri"[28]
  • Unosguardoraro Festival 2019,ROME-Heyoka Awards Finalist -"Goal..."[29]
  • AsiaSouthEast-Short Film Festival,AUTUMN2019,Combodia-Jury Honourable Mention -"Goal..."
  • CONTACT Film Festival-2019 Screen writing competition-Jury Award Screenplay-'Peedanam'[30]
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References
  1. "Lessons Movie details Timesofindia News".
  2. "Lessons Movie details m3db.com".
  3. "Lessons (2019) IMDb".
  4. "Lessons Profile_BookMyShow".
  5. "Lessons (2019)_Rating Online".
  6. "Lessons(2019)Reviews Online BookmyShow".
  7. "'ലെസ്സൻസ്'-ചെറിയ സിനിമയുടെ വലിയ വിജയം'Keralakoumudi News_Archived from the original on 03 June 2020"".
  8. "CONTACT Executive Members Panel_Mathrubhoomi News".
  9. "CONTACT Executive Members Panel_Kerala Koumudi News".
  10. "CONTACT's Seminar On 'Censor Board and Indian Cinema Mathrubhoomi News'".
  11. "കോൺടാക്ട് 'സെൻസർ ബോർഡും ഇന്ത്യൻ സിനിമയും' എന്ന വിഷയത്തിൽ സംഘടിപ്പിച്ച സെമിനാർ അടൂർ ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണൻ ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്തു."
  12. "Darbe Guje(2016)IMDb".
  13. "Goal... IMDb".
  14. "Goal...Directed by Manoj S Nair at Heyoka Awards,Rome 2019".
  15. "Goal Kinolub Festival,Poland 2019".
  16. "Goal alnahjfilmfest,IRAQ 2019_Brochure".
  17. "'Goal...'International festival Laurels".
  18. "CONTACT Screen Writing Awards_2019_News".
  19. "Lessons movie release Indian express News".
  20. "Lessons movie_Official trailer".
  21. "Lessons movie release_Attingal News".
  22. "Lessons movie release Ayyo News".
  23. "Swargathil oru rathri_Official Trailer".
  24. "Anthology സിനിമയായ 'ലെസ്സൻസ്' ലെ പ്രവര്‍ത്തകര്‍ 'Ladies Band'ല്‍ 'Lessons'_'Swargathil oru rathri'_News 18 TV Kerala".
  25. ""Mathrubhoomi Newspaper 19 May 2019 about 'സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ ഒരു രാത്രി'_Manoj S Nair".Archived from the original on 03 June 2020".
  26. "IDSFFK2016_Jury Mention_Darbe Guje_News".
  27. "IDSFFK2016_Award Winners Hindu News".
  28. "Screenplay Award'സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ ഒരു രാത്രി'_മനോജ് എസ് നായർ ".Archived image on 03 June 2020".
  29. "heyoka2019 Awards,ROME-Finalist -Shortfilm Goal".
  30. "CONTACT Screen Writing Awards_2019_News".
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