Shyam Madhavan Sarada

Shyam Madhavan Sarada is a self-taught writer, illustrator, designer, diehard potato-lover and filmmaker based in Chennai, India. He writes, illustrate and designs children's books under the pseudonym Greystroke. He produces films/does film-related work under the banner WANNABE STUDIOS. He has an MBA in Marketing (Consumer Behavior, International Marketing, Advertising) and is qualified in 2D/3D animation design, special effects and non-linear editing. He is currently the art director for two children's magazines published by Hachette India and Impulse Marketing.

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Shyam's credentials as a filmmaker:

WRITER/DIRECTOR:
Wealth from Waste (Multilingual, 2005, 15min.) - A documentary on making animal feed from cuttlefish waste. Produced by Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Kochi, India

Homework (Silent, 2005, short) - A short narrative film about a little girl doing her homework, which was a finalist at the Deeplanetouch Film Festival (2005) in Pondicherry, India.(Also credited as Cinematographer, Editor) .

Homework (Edit version 2, 2007, short) - Official entry to ON THE LOT

Saturday Night Movie (English, 2005, short) about a guy and his visually impaired friend going to the movies. (Also credited as Cinematographer, Editor)

Onan (Tamil/English, 2008, feature) about a drug deal gone bad in Chennai. (Also credited as Director of Photography, Editor, Actor)

Happy Now (June 2009, narrative short) (Also credited as Director of Photography, Editor)

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/EDITOR:
Therukkural (Tamil, Oct2007, short) Dir: Ra Ramamoorthy

Swimming with the Fish (June 2009, short) Dir: Sushant Dev

Happy Now (June 2009, short)

ACTOR:
Arimugam (Tamil, 2006, short) - Murugavel (Lead) Dir: Ra Ramamoorthy. Also credited as Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

Kaadhal Kondein (Tamil, 2003): Uncredited Dir: Selvaraghavan

OTHER CREDITS:
Pachaikili Muthucharam (Tamil, Feb 2007) Dir: Gautham Menon. Title design and posters/hoardings.

Vaaranam Ayiram (Tamil, 2008) Dir: Gautham Menon. Titles and announcement posters only.

E.A.P. (Engish, 2007) Dir: Bradford R Youngs. Poster design.

Kalloori (Tamil, Dec 2007) Dir: Balaji Sakthivel. Title design and posters.

AFFILIATIONS:
Film and Television Producers Guild of South India - Life member

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