Lenin M. Sivam | |
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Born |
Jaffna, Sri Lanka | 22 June 1974
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, writer |
Years active | 2006–present |
Notable work | Roobha, A GUN & A RING, and 1999 |
Lenin M. Sivam is a Canadian filmmaker.
Born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1991, when he was 17. [1] "His father V.M.L. Sivam was a filmmaker too, assistant director in one of Sri Lanka's first Tamil-language films, then (under the screen name Jeyakanth) playing the male lead in another, Meenavapenn." [2]
His first short, A Few Good People, won the Best Short Film of the Year Award from the Independent Art Film Society in 2006. [3]
After several years of making short films, Sivam first achieved international recognition with his feature film debut 1999 in 2009, which won several awards.
Sivam then directed A Gun & a Ring (2013), which was well received both critically and commercially and made its world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2013; it was shortlisted for the Golden Goblet Award.
Sivam's next film, Roobha (2018), [4] [5] was well-received in various film festivals, [6] including Goa, Cambridge and Montreal. [7]
He also directed The Protector, a thriller, screened at various festivals. [8] [9] [10] [11]
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Lenin M. Sivam | |
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Born |
Jaffna, Sri Lanka | 22 June 1974
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, writer |
Years active | 2006–present |
Notable work | Roobha, A GUN & A RING, and 1999 |
Lenin M. Sivam is a Canadian filmmaker.
Born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1991, when he was 17. [1] "His father V.M.L. Sivam was a filmmaker too, assistant director in one of Sri Lanka's first Tamil-language films, then (under the screen name Jeyakanth) playing the male lead in another, Meenavapenn." [2]
His first short, A Few Good People, won the Best Short Film of the Year Award from the Independent Art Film Society in 2006. [3]
After several years of making short films, Sivam first achieved international recognition with his feature film debut 1999 in 2009, which won several awards.
Sivam then directed A Gun & a Ring (2013), which was well received both critically and commercially and made its world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2013; it was shortlisted for the Golden Goblet Award.
Sivam's next film, Roobha (2018), [4] [5] was well-received in various film festivals, [6] including Goa, Cambridge and Montreal. [7]
He also directed The Protector, a thriller, screened at various festivals. [8] [9] [10] [11]
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link)