45 Tamil film cinematographers

Madhu Ambat is an Indian cinematographer. He is known for his work in films such as Amaram, Anjali, and Makaramanju. He currently resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography thrice. He is a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).

Karimanal Venkatesan Anand was an Indian cinematographer, film director and photojournalist, working mainly in the Tamil film industry. After a short period as a journalist, he became a cinematographer in the early 1990s, working on about fifteen films in the Southern and Bollywood industries. Anand won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his debut film as a cinematographer, Thenmavin Kombath. In 2005, Anand turned film director with the critically acclaimed Kana Kandaen. He was a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).

Vijay Armstrong is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Tamil film industry. After making his debut with Pugaippadam (2010), he has worked on films including Thottal Thodarum (2015) and Charles's Azhagu Kutti Chellam (2016).

Gavemic U Ary is an Indian cinematographer.

Thangar Bachan is an Indian film director and actor, cinematographer and novelist. He has served as jury member in National Film Awards.

Vinod Bharathi A is an Indian cinematographer who works in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films.

K.M.Bhaskaran (aka) KMB is an Indian cinematographer who works in the Tamil film industry, is a cinematography student from M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute. He started his career as cinematographer in the movie Vallinam.

Ravi K. Chandran is an Indian cinematographer and film director known for his works in Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil-language cinema. He is the founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC). His most recognized works are Minsaara Kanavu (1997), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), Citizen (2001), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Boys (2003), Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004) in Tamil cinema, Ekalavyan (1993), The King (1995), Mafia (1993), Punaradhivasam (1999) and Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu (1999) in Malayalam cinema.

N. K. Ekhambram is an Indian cinematographer who works in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industries. He studied Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu. He worked as an assistant cinematographer to Jeeva.

Eswaran Ramar, known by his screen name Theni Eswar, is an Indian cinematographer who works mainly in the Tamil film industry.

Anand Jeevananthan (J Anand) is an Indian cinematographer. His debut movie was Vinmeengal directed by Vignesh Menon. His second feature film is Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham which released on 29 November 2013.

Sunny Joseph is an Indian cinematographer and director from Kerala, most known for his work in Shaji N. Karun classic, Piravi, for which he won the 1988 Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography. He has Post Graduate Diploma in Cinematography from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. He is a former Chairman and General Secretary of Indian Society of Cinematographers, (ISC).

K. Ramnoth (1912–1956) was an Indian cinematographer and director active in Tamil cinema.

Bhimsingh Kannan was an Indian cinematographer who worked in Tamil and Malayalam films. He was known for his association with Director Bharathiraja and was referred to as "Bharathirajvin Kangal".

Ashok Kumar Aggarwal was an Indian cinematographer who worked mainly in the South Indian film industry. In a career that spanned nearly four decades, he worked in over 125 feature films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi languages. Aggarwal was a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).

Shaji Kumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries.

B. S. Lokanath was an Indian cinematographer who worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. He is well known as the cinematographer of K. Balachander and has worked in 55 films with him. During his career, he won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for Apoorva Raagangal (1975) and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Ninaithale Inikkum (1979). He died of a heart attack in Chennai on 9 December 2011.

M. Manikandan is an Indian cinematographer, writer and director who works in Tamil cinema. He began his career as an assistant cinematographer in Tamil films. He made his directorial debut with the short film Wind (2010) and got his breakthrough in feature films with Kaaka Muttai, which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film in 2015.

V. Manikandan is a leading cinematographer hailing from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He has worked as the cinematographer for a number of major box office hits in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. He is an ad film cinematographer with more than 3000 ad films to his credit. He won the Best Cinematographer award [filmfare award] for the movie Anniyan. His debut movie was Atharmam (Tamil) in 1994. He has worked with directors Priyadarshan, Mani Ratnam and S. Shankar. In a function Mani Ratnam said "Yes - he is one of the good cinematographers in India". V. Manikandan was nominated for Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) for his work in Raavanan/Raavan in 2010 for Best Cinematography. He has won Apsara award for best cinematography for Raavan in 2011. He is the younger brother of Artist V. Jeevananthan, A National Awardee for his Book On Cinema 'Thiraicheelai' in the National film Awards 2010.

Rajiv Menon is an Indian filmmaker who has worked as a director and cinematographer in several Indian regional film industries. After making his breakthrough as a film cinematographer with Mani Ratnam's drama Bombay (1994), Menon has continued to collaborate with Ratnam on other projects including Guru (2007) & Kadal (2013). He has also directed 2 critically acclaimed Tamil films, Minsara Kanavu (1997) and Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), winning a Filmfare Award for the latter. After a sabbatical, Menon returned to directing with Sarvam Thaala Mayam.

P. G. Muthiah is an Indian director, cinematographer and film producer, who has been working in the Tamil film industry.

Mahesh Muthuswami is an Indian cinematographer working in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.

E. J. Nauzad Khan is a cinematographer working in Indian films and has worked in Tamil and Telugu language films.

Priyan was an Indian cinematographer who has worked on Tamil language films. Beginning his career as an assistant to Balu Mahendra, Priyan began his career as an independent technician in the 1990s before establishing himself as a leading cinematographer in the Tamil film industry in the 2000s. He is notable in his work with Director Hari. He died due to heart attack in his home.

R. D. Rajasekhar is an Indian cinematographer who predominantly works in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. He is a recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer.And film fare Award and SICA award also. He is the member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).

Thesingu Rajendar, better known as T. Rajendar, Vijaya T. Rajendar or T. R., is an Indian actor, director, composer, screenwriter, songwriter, cinematographer, producer, playback singer and distributor who works primarily in Tamil film industry. He is also a politician in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Shelkey Maruti Rao was an Indian cinematographer who worked mainly in Tamil films.

R. Rathnavelu is an Indian cinematographer who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. His work in films such as Sethu, Nandha, Vaaranam Aayiram, Enthiran, 1: Nenokkadine, Rangasthalam and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy garnered recognition. He has garnered three Filmfare Awards South, the Vijay Awards, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award, two SIIMA Awards and the Kalaimamani Award bestowed by the Tamil Nadu state government for his work.

Arbhindu Saaraa is an Indian cinematographer, working in Tamil cinema.

Sakthi Saravanan is an Indian cinematographer, who works in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He is best known for his hand held and gritty work with Venkat Prabhu and M. Rajesh directorials. He has been the cinematographer for many critically acclaimed films such as Chennai 600028, Saroja, Siva Manasula Sakthi, Goa and Boss Engira Bhaskaran. He also cranked the camera for Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha.

Nizar Shafi is an Indian cinematographer and Film director who works mainly in the Tamil film industry and Telugu cinema. He was critically acclaimed for his work in Sutta Kadhai, Naaigal Jaakirathai, Bhale Bhale Magadivoy and Nenu Local. He debuted as a director with Tamil and Telugu bilingual film 7 (film).

Nirav Shah is an Indian cinematographer. He has worked on a number of major box office hits in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam since his debut with the 2004 Hindi film Paisa Vasool.

Aravinnd Singh is an Indian cinematographer and a Film producer who works in the Tamil film industry. He made a breakthrough with his cinematography work in Demonte Colony (2015).

Sivakumar Jayakumar, known professionally as Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian filmmaker who has worked in Tamil and Telugu cinema as a film director and cinematographer. Since his Tamil directorial debut, Siruthai (2011), the media has often incorporated the film's title in his name to refer to him.

Santosh Sivan is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam cinema, Tamil cinema and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and has to date completed 55 feature films and 50 documentaries. He is a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) and is the most awarded Director of Photography (DOP) in India. Santosh became the first Cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific region to join the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) membership. As a cinematographer, he has won five National Film Awards – including four for Best Feature Film Cinematography. As of 2014, he has received eleven National Film Awards, and twenty one international awards for his works. He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema in 2014.

Sathyan Sooryan ISC is an Indian cinematographer who predominantly works in the Tamil cinema. He is an alumnus of the College of Fine Arts, Chennai.

Soundar Rajan is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries.

P. C. Sreeram ISC is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works in indian films. He is also the president of Qube Cinemas, a digital cinema technology company. He is an alumnus of the Madras Film Institute. Apart from his work as a cinematographer, Sreeram was much appreciated for his directorial venture Kuruthipunal.The film was internationally acclaimed and was submitted by India as its official entry to the Oscars in 1996. Sreeram is known for his association with Bharathan,Mani Ratnam,,R Balki,Vikram Kumar, and received critical acclaim for his work in films such as thevarmagan Mouna Ragam, Nayakan,cheenikum, Agni Natchathiram,Paa, Geethanjali, Alaipayuthey, i ,padman, O Kadhal Kanmani,Thiruda thiruda,ishq,Remo He has worked as a cinematographer in over 30 films spanning across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language, besides directing three films and a few TV commercials in chennai and mumbai. He is the one of the founding members of Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).

Loganathan Srinivasan is an Indian cinematographer who predominantly works in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada film industries.

Natarajan Subramanian, better known as Natty, is an Indian cinematographer who has worked on Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He has also worked as an actor in Tamil films and achieved recognition through his performance as a conman in Sathuranga Vettai (2014).

M. Sukumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam language films.

S. Thirunavukarasu, better known mononymously as Tirru, is an Indian cinematographer from Tamil Nadu. He received the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in 24 (2016).

S. Ravi Varman is an Indian cinematographer, filmmaker, producer and writer. He has predominantly worked in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Known for his realistic and poetic framing sense, Ravi Varman began his career in Malayalam films. He has directed a romantic film in Tamil titled Moscowin Kavery and also filmed the music video for the song "Bird Flu" by British Tamil songwriter M.I.A..

H. C. Venugopal is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Kannada and Tamil film industries.

Aloysius Vincent was an Indian cinematographer and director known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language films. From the mid-1960s on, he directed some 30 movies including the landmark Malayalam films Bhargavi Nilayam, and Murappennu.