G. K. Vishnu

G. K. Vishnu
G. K. Vishnu
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2016–present
Notable work	Mersal (2017) ; Bigil (2019); Jawan (2023)
Spouse	Mahalakshmi (m. 2021)

G. K. Vishnu is an Indian cinematographer who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Personal life

Vishnu married Mahalakshmi on 25 April 2021.^[4] Vishnu's brother, Vignesh, a data scientist who encouraged him to take up cinematography as a career.^[1]

Career

Vishnu is an computer science engineering graduate.^[1] Before venturing into cinematography, he worked as an interface designer.^[5] He has assisted T. S. Suresh in Vanakkam Chennai (2013), George C Williams in Theri (2016), Richard M. Nathan and P. S. Vinod.^[2]^[5]

Filmography

As cinematographer

Year	Film	Language	Notes	Ref.
2016	Ctrl Alt Del	Tamil	Web series	^[1]
2017	Cinema Veeran	Tamil	Documentary film
2017	Mersal	Tamil		^[5]
2019	Bigil	Tamil		^[3]
2021	Krack	Telugu	Debut in Telugu	^[6]
2022	Khiladi	Telugu		^[7]
2023	Ravanasura	Telugu	1 song
2023	Jawan	Hindi	Debut in Hindi	^[8]

Awards and nominations

Award	Date of ceremony^[a]	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Edison Awards	26 February 2018	Best Cinematographer	Mersal	Won	^[9]
South Indian International Movie Awards	14 – 15 September 2018	Best Cinematographer		Nominated	^[10]
Techofes Awards	19 February 2018	Best Cinematographer		Won	^[11]
Vijay Awards	3 June 2018	Best Cinematographer		Nominated	^[12]
South Indian International Movie Awards	18 September 2021	Best Cinematographer – Tamil	Bigil	Nominated	^[13]
Filmfare Awards	28 January 2024	Best Cinematography	Jawan	Nominated	^[14]

Notes

References

External links

G. K. Vishnu at IMDb

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