Kartik Vijay

Not to be confused with Vijay Kartik Kannan.

Kartik Vijay
Born
Kartik Vijay
NationalityIndian
Education
OccupationCinematographer
Years active2006–present

Kartik Vijay is an Indian cinematographer best known for his works in the Hindi and Sinophone cinema. He earned a nomination for Best Cinematography in the 64th Filmfare Awards with the Indian biographical drama film Manto (2018), and was also nominated for Best Cinematography four times with the Malaysian historical drama film The Garden of Evening Mists (2019), Taiwanese sci-fi film The Soul (2021), Malaysian neo-noir drama film Abang Adik (2023), and Taiwanese drama film Yen and Ai-Lee (2024), in the 56th, 58th, 60th, and 61st Golden Horse Awards respectively.

Biography

Vijay was born into an Indian family of musicians.[1] He graduated from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in applied arts and worked as an art director in an advertising agency.[1] When he was 24, he was introduced to several filmmakers through his job and became captivated by filmmaking. Determined to pursue his passion, he moved to the United States and attended Los Angeles Film School.[1] He was mentored by cinematographer John Bailey and acquired a Bachelor of Science in film production with a concentration of cinematography in 2003.[1][2] He credited the Indian film Charulata and the French-Italian film Cinema Paradiso as his major sources of artistic influence.[1] Vijay made his Hindi film debut with the 2006 comedy thriller film Taxi No. 9211.[3] He continued to work on various Hindi film projects,[1] and received his breakout project, the 2018 biographical drama film Manto,[4] for which he received a nomination for Best Cinematography in the 64th Filmfare Awards.[2][5]

In 2019, Vijay made his international debut and served as the cinematographer for Malaysian historical drama film The Garden of Evening Mists directed by Tom Lin.[6] Although the film starred an international cast of Sylvia Chang, Hiroshi Abe, John Hannah, and Julian Sands, Vijay was the only Indian on set.[1] He received a nomination for Best Cinematography in the 56th Golden Horse Awards.[7] Following the completion of The Garden of Evening Mists, Vijay took a hiatus from filming and embarked on a trip to Cuba and Japan.[6] He returned to the film industry and cinematographed Cheng Wei-hao's Taiwanese sci-fi film The Soul in 2021, which earned him another nomination for Best Cinematography in the 58th Golden Horse Awards in the same year.[8] In 2023, Vijay joined another Malaysian production and filmed Abang Adik, a neo-noir drama film directed by Jin Ong,[9] for which he received his third nomination for Best Cinematography in the 60th Golden Horse Awards.[10] He collaborated with Tom Lin once again on the drama film Yen and Ai-Lee in 2024, where he received his four nomination for Best Cinematography in the 61st Golden Horse Awards.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Notes
2006 Taxi No. 9211 [3]
2007 Anwar [12]
2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! [1]
2011 Game [13]
2013 Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola [1]
2018 Manto [4]
2019 The Garden of Evening Mists Malaysian film[6]
2020 Yeh Ballet [1]
2021 The Soul Taiwanese film[8]
2022 My Name is Andrea Documentary[14]
2023 Abang Adik Malaysian film[9]
2024 Yen and Ai-Lee [11]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 64th Filmfare Awards Best Cinematography Manto Nominated [5]
56th Golden Horse Awards Best Cinematography The Garden of Evening Mists Nominated [7]
2021 58th Golden Horse Awards The Soul Nominated [8]
2023 60th Golden Horse Awards Abang Adik Nominated [10]
2024 61st Golden Horse Awards Yen and Ai-Lee Pending [11]

References

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  2. ^ a b "CELEBRATING AAPI ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD". Los Angeles Film School. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "It's all about three hundred crores". Hindustan Times. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "REEL Movie Awards 2019: Pankaj Kumar is Given the Best Cinematography Award for Tumbbad". CNN-News18. 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b "64th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2019: Official list of nominations". The Times of India. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Krishan, Shubhra (12 December 2020). "'La La Landscape': Cinematographer Kartik Vijay chooses his travel destinations". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b Grater, Tom (1 October 2019). "Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards Unveils Nominations Amid China Tensions". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. ^ a b c Chou, Inna (27 November 2021). "【2021金馬獎】金馬58得獎名單一覽！賈靜雯《瀑布》奪影后、張震《緝魂》拿影帝" (in Chinese). VOGUE Taiwan. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b Berra, John (2 August 2023). "'Abang Adik': NYAFF Review". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. ^ a b Wong, Silvia (23 November 2023). "Golden Horse boss Wen Tien-hsiang talks rise of Malaysia and welcoming China ahead of 60th awards". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  11. ^ a b c Wong, Silva (3 October 2024). "'Dead Talents Society' leads Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards nominations". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  12. ^ Adarsh, Taran (12 January 2007). "Anwar Movie Review: Anwar Movie". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  13. ^ Duara, Ajit (6 April 2011). "Review: Game". Open. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  14. ^ Linden, Sheri (10 June 2022). "'My Name Is Andrea': Film Review Tribeca 2022". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.