Prathap Joseph


Prathap Joseph is an Indian journalist, cinematographer and filmmaker.

Career

He belongs to new-age indie filmmakers from Kerala. Active in filmmaking since 2010, he has conducted workshops in cinematography and filmmaking at the K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts, the National Institute of Technology Calicut and at Thunchath Ezhuthachan [Malayalam University]. He is also the founder of the Light Source Photographic Society and the Minimal Cinema film commune, and a director of the New Wave Film School.
Oru Rathri Oru Pakal, a Malayalam film written, cinematographed, and directed by Prathap Joseph, had its Indian premiere in Dec 2019 at the 3rd edition of the Kazhcha-Niv Independent Film Festival. Oru Rathri Oru Pakal was nominated for Pune International Film Festival. In January 2020, the film took a 'non-theatrical distribution' route, releasing at the Open Screen.

Filmography

As cinematographer
YearTitleDirector
2013CR No: 89Sudevan
2015SavamDon Palathara
2017Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani? Jiju Antony
2017Sexy DurgaSanal Kumar Sasidharan
2017Akatho PurathoSudevan
2019Unmadhiyude MaranamSanal Kumar Sasidharan

As film director
YearTitleFestivals participated
2014Kuttippuram Palam
2016With Her
2017When Two Kiss
2019Oru Rathri Oru Pakal-

Awards