V. Manikandan

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V. Manikandan
Born	Velayutham Manikandan (1968-01-13) 13 January 1968 (age 57) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Madras Film Institute
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer Director of Photography

V. Manikandan is a leading cinematographer who 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 at the Filmfare Awards South for the movie Anniyan. His debut movie was Atharmam (Tamil) in 1994. He has worked with directors Priyadarshan, Mani Ratnam and S. Shankar. At a function, Mani Ratnam said, "Yes - he is one of the good cinematographers in India". V. Manikandan was nominated for the Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) for his work in Raavanan/Raavan 2010 for Best Cinematography. He won the 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.