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Arthur A. Wilson (born 16 March 1968) is an Indian
cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
. He has predominantly worked in south Indian films of languages such as Tamil and Telugu. He is best known for his successful movies ''
Anbe Sivam ''Anbe Sivam'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Sundar C. and produced by K. Muralitharan, V. Swaminathan and G. Venugopal under the banner of Lakshmi Movie Makers. The film was written by Kamal Haasan, and ...
'', ''
Naan Kadavul ''Naan Kadavul'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film co-written and directed by Bala. The film is based on the Tamil novel ''Yezhaam Ulagam'' by Jeyamohan, who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya and P ...
'', and '' Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei'', and repeated collaborations with directors like
Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali ...
,
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, K.S. Ravikumar and Tollywood’s
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on their films. The two time winner of Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Cinematographer is well known for his poetic and painting-like cinematography.


Early life

Arthur Wilson was born in Salem,
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language— ...
, India. He grew up with a passion for watching movies and developed an interest in studying paintings and had inspirations from them. Arthur Wilson completed the three year Diploma at the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute.


Career

Though he started his career by assisting in films like '' Inaindha Kaigal''. Arthur A Wilson mostly gathered his technical and practical skills by self thought. His first movie was Sundara Purushan (1996) Tamil film starring Livingston and Rambha in lead role and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy, got high praise and much critical acclaim and won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer. He continued to work with popular directors as cinematographer in Tamil films VIP (1997), Sollamale (1998),
En Swasa Kaatre ''En Swasa Kaatre'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic crime film written and directed by K. S. Ravi. The film stars Arvind Swamy and Isha Koppikar, while Raghuvaran, Prakash Raj and Thalaivasal Vijay play supporting roles. The fi ...
(1999),
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(1999), Vaanathaippola (2000),
Aanandham ''Aanandham'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features an ensemble cast including Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Devayani, Rambha, Sneha, Delhi Ganesh ...
(2001). In 2002 he got his first collaboration with actor Kamal Haasan for the movie Panchathantiram directed by K.S. Ravikumar. After its success the Collaboration continued for Kamal Haasan’s consecutive films Pammal K. Sambandam (2002) and
Anbe Sivam ''Anbe Sivam'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Sundar C. and produced by K. Muralitharan, V. Swaminathan and G. Venugopal under the banner of Lakshmi Movie Makers. The film was written by Kamal Haasan, and ...
(2003), for which Wilson again won accolades and also received several awards and nominations, particular for the latter one. Subsequently, Arthur Wilson got offers from the Telugu film industry as well, debuting in Tollywood with the 2005 debutant Boyapati Srinu directed action film Bhadra, starring Ravi Teja and Meera Jasmine. It turned out to be a huge success at the box office and became one of the biggest hits in Ravi Teja's career. In 2006, one of the most acclaimed and most successful Tamil comedy film Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi with debut director Simbudevan, turning him into one of the most sought after young cinematographers in Kollywood. In 2009 Arthur Wilson joined hands with director Bala for the most challenging and riveting subject
Naan Kadavul ''Naan Kadavul'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film co-written and directed by Bala. The film is based on the Tamil novel ''Yezhaam Ulagam'' by Jeyamohan, who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya and P ...
, got high praise and critical acclaim with much praise for the film's atmospheric tone and realism. It was an extremely difficult process to shoot with the specially abled characters, required a larger amount of time to shoot each scene, which delayed the production. He won
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Tamil Nadu State Film Awards were given for excellence in Tamil cinema in India. They were given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The aw ...
for Best Cinematographer for that film and several nominations for National Award and several award categories. Later the combination of the duo’s joined again for the movie Avan Ivan (2011). He returned to Tollywood to work on the films of director Boyapati Srinu’s Simha (2010), Dammu (2012),
Vinaya Vidheya Rama ''Vinaya Vidheya Rama'' () is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced by DVV Danayya. The film stars Ram Charan, Vivek Oberoi and Kiara Advani. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad ...
(2019) from time to time. During filming Sundara Purushan (1996) there were no availability of advanced camera equipments like Jimmy Jib and Akela cranes. Arthur Wilson used to do make some rigs himself and shot the song sequences of “Settapa Mathi” The rig was called by his name “Wilson Wheel Rig”. Whilst the songs screening of the movie
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(1997), the picturization was awed and applauded by every people presented. Impressed by the song visuals and locations of “ Eechan kaattula muyal onnu..” song, Producer AVM Saravanan praised cinematographer Arthur Wilson for the visualization and asked the whereabouts of the location, was awe struck to know that the location was a set on floors and lit up to look like a real location. Arthur Wilson also gained a prestigious value with all of his filmography that every collaboration of him with a new debutant director, the movie will make a great success and benchmark. In an interview after the movie Aanandham (2001), the debutant director Lingusamy said “Arthur Wilson gave the comfort and guidance to the first time director and lead the way without any dominance. The guidance made the magic to happen in every possible way”.He is the popular cinematographer in Tamil industry. Sundara Purushan (1996) Sollamale (1998)
Aanandham ''Aanandham'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features an ensemble cast including Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Devayani, Rambha, Sneha, Delhi Ganesh ...
(2001)
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(2001)
Bhadra ''Bhadra''Feminine: sa, भद्रा, Bhadrā is a Sanskrit word meaning 'good', 'fortune' or 'auspicious'. It is also the name of many men, women and objects in Hindu mythology. Male Figures King of Chedi Bhadra was a king of Chedi Kingdom ...
(2005) Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi (2006) The success list started and extends from his debut to till date. Arthur Wilson’s career also extends to the field of ad-photography and TV commercials with renowned directors like Jd-Jerry and Dir . K Vasanth.sir


Awards

*
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The list See also * Tamil cinema * Cinema of India References {{Tam ...
for '' Sundara Purushan'' (1996) *
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The list See also * Tamil cinema * Cinema of India References {{Tam ...
for ''
Naan Kadavul ''Naan Kadavul'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film co-written and directed by Bala. The film is based on the Tamil novel ''Yezhaam Ulagam'' by Jeyamohan, who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya and P ...
'' (2008)


Filmography


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Arthur A. Place of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Salem district 1968 births Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu