Vinil Mathew

Vinil Mathew
Born	1977 (age 37–38) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Ad Director, Film director, writer
Years active	1995–present
Known for	Ad film making Bollwood Film director
Spouse(s)	Shweta Venkat-Matthew

Vinil Mathew (born 1977) is an ad filmmaker and Bollywood film director and writer. He wrote and directed 2014 Bollywood film Hasee Toh Phasee which emerged as both commercial and critical success. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

He was born in a Malayali family in Delhi. His father was an IAS officer and mother a housewife. He went to St. Columba's School, Delhi. He pursued Economics honours from the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce but left it after he got accepted into direction course at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

Career

He moved to Mumbai in 2000 and joined Mahesh Mathai's ad company, Highlight Films. He started assisting Prasoon Pandey. In 2002 he founded his own ad company, Nomad Films, but after struggling with it, he joined Footcandles. There he worked on campaigns like Reliance, Vodafone, Airtel and the Times Of India's Aman Ki Asha, which got him good recognition.

Vinil Mathew was impressed with Santosh Sivan's work and worked for him. He also worked with filmmaker, Bharath Bala.

He made over 250 ad campaigns in his advertising career.^[5] He worked with Karan Johar on a coffee-ad campaign for many years.

Film director career

He turned into a Bollywood film director and writer with 2014 Bollwood film, Hasee Toh Phasee.

Personal Life

He is married to Shweta Venkat-Matthew (Bollywood Editor of movies like Supermen of Malegaon, Gangs of Wasseypur and upcoming Bangistan)and has two sons Kiaan & Liam.

Filmography

The Chosen One ( 2006)