George Thengummoottil

George Thengummoottil ജോര്‍ജ് തെങ്ങുംമൂട്ടില്‍
George Thengummoottil Receiving award from Mr Harkirat Singh, Managing Director, Woodland India and Mr Deepak Misra Manager of ONGC, at the IMF Mountain Film Festival.
Born	(1985-01-10) January 10, 1985 Palakkad, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Marian College, Mahatma Gandhi University, PSG College of Arts and Science
Occupation	Writer, documentarian, photographer
Employer	Self-employed

George Thengummoottil (born 10 January 1985) is an Indian Documentary film Editor,^[1] explorer and filmmaker^[2] known for his travel^[3] films.^[4] He is also the founder of Keratoconus Foundation India, a non profit organization which aims at helping Keratoconus patients and one of the organizers of Kerala Adventure Carnival.

Education

After his schooling at his home town, he joined for graduation studies in Computer Science at Marian College Kuttikkanam, Peermade. During when he wrote his first book The Story of Peermade, a coffee table book about the history of Peermade.^[5] He obtained a Masters in Computer Science and later another Masters in Communication and Journalism from PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.

Life

George was born in the town of Palakkad, Kerala in 1985, the eldest of two children born to Joseph TV and his wife, Rani Joseph.

Keratoconus

During his teenage, he was affected by Keratoconus, a degenerative disorder of the eye and was blind by the age of 13. He had to stop his normal stream of studies and activities. Later he did Corneal transplantation and could partially recover vision in one of his eyes.^[6]

Career

George was campus placed at Bangalore in a company named Lucid Imaging, which specialized in machine vision projects after his post graduation, but could not continue for a long time due to Keratoconus. Even though the company was ready to sponcer his treatments, he refused the offer.

After a long break of travel, George was invited to work as a lecturer at Sherubtse College in Bhutan, where he served for several Years.^[7] Later he worked with Sandesh Kadur at Felis Creations in several film-making projects for international broadcast.

Film making

From childhood, George had his personal interest in writing and filmmaking. He has acted in several plays during his school and college days. Even though he wanted to persuade his career in filmmaking, he was not allowed to, due to Keratoconus. But after his Masters in Journalism, he started making small edits, while working at Felis Creations and started as an editor.

Initiatives

George was also motivational speaker and has been involved in many technical and art projects.^[8] He was instrumental to popularize the use of solar panels for filming in remote places.^[9]

Community Initiatives

George is the founder of Keratoconus Foundation India,^[10] a charitable trust registered under Indian Trusts Act, 1882 which guides Keratoconus patients in India to lead a better life and support them economically.^[11]

Books

Author

• 2006 The Story of Peermade^[12] George Thengummoottil

Co-author

• 2012 Himalaya: Mountains of Life 2012 / ATREE^[13] Kamaljit S. Bawa, Sandesh Kadur, George Thengummoottil, Priya Singh
• 2013 Kaziranga National Park 2013/ UNESCO^[14]Sandesh Kadur, George Thengummoottil
• 2015 Guhanagari A Book on Urban Wildlife

Contributor

• 2009 Mountain Biodiversity of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas ISBN 978 92 9115 168 4 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• 2009 Mountain Initiative Status Paper ISBN 978 92 9115 170 7 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• 2015 Guhangari: A Book on Urban Wildlife, Christ University, Bangalore

Contributor in magazines

• 2006 Department of Information and Public Relations (Kerala) Kerala Calling Jan 2006
• 2014 Travel and Flavors DC Books India's one and only meteorite crater January 2014
• 2014 Saevus Wildlife Kaziranga National Park October 2014

Newspapers

• 2011 A street that takes you to the past The Times of India July 19

Filmography

Direction

• 2006 Paragliding Kerala - Film Production
• 2012 Goecha La In Search of Kangchenjunga Documentary - Script Writer
• 2016 Singalila In the Himalaya^[15] Documentary - Director

Other Credits

• 2014 In To the Darkroom Shortfilm^[16] Short Film
• 2015 Eastern Himalaya - Ancient Risks Future Threats^[17]Documentary - Promotion
• 2015 The Rain Tree^[18][19]Short Film - Film Editing
• 2015 Eastern Himalaya - Ancient Risks Future Threats^[20] - Animation
• 2016 Waghoba: Provider, Destroyer, Deity^[21] Documentary - Graphic Design
• 2016 Kalia : The Lost Gibbon^[15] Documentary^[22] - Graphic Design

Awards or Nominations

• 2014 Kolkata International Shortfilm Festival Official Selection In To the Darkroom Shortfilm
• 2015 CMS Vatavaran 2015 : Eastern Himalaya
• 2016 Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, Toronto, Canada Waghoba: Provider, Destroyer, Deity
• 2016 Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival, Pokhara, Nepal Singalila in the Himalaya^[23]
• 2017 Special Recognition Award, IMF Mountain Film Festival 2017, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi, India ^[24][25]
• 2017 Featured under AgainstAllOdds by Woodland Worldwide^[26]
• 2017 10th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Kerala Singalila in the Himalaya^[27]
• 2017 16th Girimitra Sammelan, Mumbai 3rd place, Singalila in the Himalaya

Exhibitions

• 2013–2014 Lalit Kala Akademi State Photography Exhibition^[2]

External links

• Personal Website theindia.info
• Keratoconus Foundation India

References