Santhosh Sivan ASC, ISC is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam cinema, Tamil cinema, Telugu cinema, Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has to date completed 45 feature films and 41 documentaries. He is a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers and is the most awarded Director of Photography in India. Santosh became the first Cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific region to join the American Society of Cinematographers membership.