Lokesh Kumar
| Lokesh Kumar | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 29, 1989 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 💼 Occupation | Film Director, Writer, Producer |
Lokesh Kumar (born 29 June 1989) is an Indian film director, writer and producer.[1][2] He made an award winning Tamil feature film called My Son is Gay. He also won the 'Best Debut Director' award for his film My Son is Gay in 8th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2018, held at Delhi.[3][4][5]
Early life and career
He was born on 29 June 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in Kalashetra matriculation school & then pursued diploma in mechanical engineering in S.A Polytechnic college. He was working in BPO industry for few years though he always had a great passion for cinema.[6] Inspired by many film festivals & social issues in the society, he started making his own short films which allowed him to experiment, learn the craft & later he turned into a full time independent filmmaker.[7][8]
Filmography
As director, writer & producer.
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | You're My Brother | Tamil | Short Film |
| 2013 | Wait a Minute | English | Short Film |
| 2013 | Judgement | English | Short Film |
| 2014 | Acid | Tamil | Short Film |
| 2017 | My Son is Gay | Tamil | Best Feature Film - 2nd Indian World Film Festival
Best of Out & Loud - Pune International Queer Film Festival Best Debut Director - 8th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival |
| 2018 | N4 | Tamil | Feature Film - Filming |
References
- ↑ "Chennai is still close-minded: Filmmaker Lokesh (Interview)". Business Standard. 2013-04-10.
- ↑ "My Son is Gay: How A Bold New Feature Is Taking Indian Queer Cinema By Storm". Gaylaxy Magazine. 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Money is where the crowd is". Deccan Chronicle. 2013-04-24.
- ↑ "Filmmaker Lokesh: "My Son is Gay", about an emotional relationship between a mother and her gay son". India TV. 2013-03-10.
- ↑ . 2018-04-30 http://educationexpo.tv/dadasahebphalkefilmfestival/news.php?id=MzI1. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Interview : Film Maker, Lokesh". Gaysi. 2013-08-08.
- ↑ "A look at 'My Son Is Gay' - India's first crowd-funded LGBT film". DNA. 2014-04-18.
- ↑ "Crowd-funding a talking point". Indian Express. 2014-04-09.
External links
- Lokesh on IMDb
- Lokesh Kumar on Facebook
- Lokesh Kumar on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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