Leo John Paul is an Indian film editor, specialising in

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for which he has been recognized as best editor for 2013 by Tamil Nadu state govt.

Career

Leo John Paul completed a bachelor's degree in PSG college of Technology in 2004 and

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in Visual Communications in 2006. He is always loves art and an active participants in college cultural activities. He was a great dancer and received much appreciation for his dance and choreography. He began working as an editor on short films, documentaries and music videos. In 2007, he approached director

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and got an opportunity to work as a spot editor for ''

Vaaranam Aayiram ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by Venu Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The film stars Suriya in dual lead roles as father and son, with Sameera ...

'' (2007) and worked under the guidance of editor

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. He continued to work with the team for the production of ''Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam'', which was later shelved. Leo John Paul subsequently got an opportunity to be the main editor for his friend Milind Rau's romantic comedy film, ''

Kadhal 2 Kalyanam ''Kadhal 2 Kalyanam'' () is an unreleased Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by newcomer Milind Rau that stars debutante Sathya, brother of Tamil actor Arya, and Divya Spandana, whilst, Jayashree, Nagendra Prasad, Kasthuri and Anuja I ...

'', and completed work on the project, though it still remains unreleased. In late 2011, he worked on the making of the song video of "

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" from '' 3''. Soon, the song became the most searched

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video in India and an

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across Asia. Within a few weeks, YouTube honoured the video with a '"Recently Most Popular" ''Gold Medal '' award and "Trending" ''silver medal '' award for receiving a large number of hits in a short time. Leo John Paul got a breakthrough as a film editor with ''

Attakathi ''Attakathi'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith, a former assistant of Venkat Prabhu. Produced by C. V. Kumar, it stars Dinesh, Nandita Swetha and Aishwarya Rajesh. The film garnered att ...

'' (2012) and has since regularly collaborated in ventures produced by C. V. Kumar and Thirukumaran Entertainment. He has worked on the production of other commercially successful ventures including

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's ''

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'' (2012),

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's ''

Soodhu Kavvum ''Soodhu Kavvum'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film written and directed by Nalan Kumarasamy. It features Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha, Ashok Selvan, Ramesh Thilak, Karunakaran and Sanchita Shetty in the lead roles. ...

'' (2013) and Ram's ''

Mundasupatti ''Mundasupatti'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language period comedy film written and directed by Ram Kumar and produced by C. V. Kumar under his banner Thirukumaran Entertainment and Fox Star Studios. It stars Vishnu Vishal and Nandita Swetha, wi ...

'' (2014), winning critical acclaim for his work. Kumar noted Leo John Paul's importance to the success of his films, and revealed that he regularly brought films down from four hours to two hours with his editing work.

Filmography

As editor

* ''

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'' (2008) * ''

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * '' Settai'' (2013) * ''

'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Pizza II: Villa'' (2013) * ''

Thegidi ''Thegidi'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by P. Ramesh and produced by C. V. Kumar under his banner Thirukumaran Entertainment. The film features Ashok Selvan and Janani in the leading roles, while N ...

'' (2014) * ''

Sarabham ''Sarabham'' ( ''Lion Bird'') is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language neo noir mystery film directed by Arun Mohan, son of Anu Mohan, Tamil film actor and produced by C. V. Kumar under his banner Thirukumaran Entertainment. The film features Naveen Cha ...

'' (2014) * '' Enakkul Oruvan'' (2015) * ''

Indru Netru Naalai ''Indru Netru Naalai'' () is a 2015 Tamil-language science fiction comedy film written and directed by R. Ravikumar in his debut feature. The film is jointly produced by Thirukumaran Entertainment and Studio Green, and features Vishnu Vishal an ...

'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum ''Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Nalan Kumarasamy in his second feature film after ''Soodhu Kavvum''. Produced by C. V. Kumar under his Thirukumaran Entertainment banner, ...

'' (2016) * '' Adhe Kangal'' (2017) * ''

Kootathil Oruthan ''Kootathil Oruthan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film, written and directed by T. J. Gnanavel. The film stars Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand. Featuring music composed by Nivas Prasanna, This movie is produc ...

'' (2017) * ''

Maayavan ''Maayavan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language science fiction thriller film co written, produced and directed by C. V. Kumar. The film stars Sundeep Kishan and Lavanya Tripathi while Jackie Shroff, Daniel Balaji, Mime Gopi, R. Amarendran, B ...

'' (2017) * '' A1'' (2019) * '' Petromax '' (2019) * '' Sabhaapathy'' (2021) * ''

The great Indian kitchen ''The Great Indian Kitchen'' is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Jeo Baby. The film tells the story of a newly wed woman (Nimisha Sajayan) who struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband ( Suraj Venja ...

'' (2021) * '' Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham'' (2021)

Associate Editors

*''Radhakrishnan Dhanapal'' *''Julian Sav'' *''

Prasanna GK Prasanna GK is an Indian film editor, working in the Tamil film Industry. Former assistant of the ace film editor Mr Sreekar Prasad, Prasanna GK made his debut in Balaji Mohan’s Maari. Career Prasanna GK did his under-graduation at the ...

'' *Niranjan Antony *Yashvanthan * Iruleeswaran

References

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External links

* * https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/tn-govt-announces-tamil-film-awards-for-six-years/article19273078.ece {{DEFAULTSORT:Paul, Leo John Living people Artists from Chennai Tamil film editors Film editors from Tamil Nadu Year of birth missing (living people)