Jayan K. Cherian

Who is Jayan K. Cherian?

Jayan K. Cherian is an Indian poet filmmaker who lives in New York, US. He used to write in Malayalam and English languages. His documentary film Shape of the Shapeless got wide popularity on Many film festivals like International festival circuit, The International Film Festival of South Africa, as well as several festivals in North America. It won the Silver Jury Prize at the San Francisco Short Film Festival 2010, the Eastman Kodak award for Best Cinematography, and City Visions 2010 award for Best Documentary. Graduated with honors from Hunter College, BA in Film and Creative Writing and MFA from The City College of New York in Writing Directing Film, and Cinematography. Pappilio Buddha is his debut feature film and he made several experimental documentaries and narrative shorts such as: Shape of the Shapeless Love in the Time of Foreclosure, Hidden Things, Soul of Solomon, Capturing the Signs of God, Holy Mass, Tree of Life, Simulacra the Reality of the Unreal, The Inner Silence of the Tumult, Hid-entity, and Tandava the Dance of Dissolution.