Jiji P Joseph, also known as Jijimon Joseph (born 5 March 1981) is a location sound recordist,

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and

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. He won the first ever Kerala State Film Award 2014 for location sound recording for the film ''

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'' and the consecutive year for the film '' Ozhivudivasathe Kali'' in fraternization with Sandeep Kurissery (now known as Sandeep Madhavam). He has fashioned his film career collaborating on feature films and short films in Malayalam cinema.

Biography

Jiji Panaparampil Joseph was born in

Kanjirappally Kanjirappally is a taluk and a town in Kottayam district situated about away from the district capital, in the state of Kerala, India. Climate Kanjirappally has the highest number of rainy days in Kerala. It receives the highest amount of su ...

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, India to Joseph Varghese and Mariyamma Joseph, the youngest of four children. The dynamics and technicalities of film making was always a fascinating part of his dream and he had dreamed of being a part of the feature films. At the completion of schooling, he obtained diplomas in

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and computer hardware. Later, he gained an advanced diploma in digital editing and audio engineering from Keltron Advanced Training Centre, Sasthamangalam,

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Career

He started his career as a cable network technician in his neighborhood. After 7 years of satellite communication service, he began his professional career as a

video editor A video editor is involved in video production and the post-production of film making. The video editor's responsibilities involve decisions about the selection and combining of shots into sequences, as well as the addition of accompanying so ...

in Shalom TV in 2008. He moved to

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(MMTV) in 2009 and continued the same profession until 2011. He also served as senior video editor in Goodness TV from 2012 through 2014.

Career in films

In 2010, he committed for the first time to collaborate with a

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''Will you be there?'' by Sandeep Kurissery and in 2013, he worked along with Sandeep as location sound recordist and editor for another short film ''Amguleechaalitham'' ("Manipulated by fingers") by Prasanth Vijay. In 2014, in collaboration with Sandeep, he did the location sound for the first feature film ''

'' ("Six Feet High") directed by

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, that brought him the

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for the Best Sync Sound (location sound) in 2014. The following year, he committed his second project again with

for his

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'' Ozhivudivasathe Kali'' ("An Off day Game") that carried for a second time the Kerala State Film Award 2015 for the Best Sync Sound. In 2015, he did the location sound for the film '' Savam'' ("The Corpse") directed by Don Palathra. He recorded the location sound for the Marathi/Hindi film ''Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?'' ("The Forsaken") directed by Jiju Antony in 2016. He worked as location sound recordist, sound designer (along with Sandeep Kurissery) and film editor in the feature film Athisayangalude Venal ("The Summer of Miracles") directed by Prasanth Vijay in 2017.

Personal life

Jiji is married to Sonia. The couple have two children, Elon J Joseph and Eian J Joseph. He belongs from Chotty, a small village situated between Kanjirappally and Mundakayam, in the district of

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south- ...

, Kerala, India. He lives in

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Filmography and awards

Film festivals

*Eli Eli Lama Sabacthani -

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- Official Selection, October 2017 *Athisayangalude Venal - Mumbai Film Festival - Official Selection, October 2017 *Athisayangalude Venal - Kerala Film Festival - Official Selection, December 2017International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)
''Official Selection ''

References

External links

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