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Manu
N was born on 19th of August 1974 in Bangalore to L. Nanju
& Suvarna Nanju. His father, served as an Assistant Director in Fisheries Department, Govt. of
Karnataka and
Mother, is an housewife. Coming from a well-to-do family, he had all the encouragement and support.
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L Nanju and Suvarna Nanju
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Manu
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Grand
Parents - L Linganna & Eeramma Linganna
Manu at the age of
3
With Parents
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His passion for Photography
started when he was in high school. This became his hobby since 1993.His parents never
discouraged his interest, in fact encouraged it to grow. In 1999, he
completed his Diploma in Cinematography from Government Film &
Television Institute, Bangalore.
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His
career in film industry started in 1995 as an Assistant Director
(Trainee) in a Kannada feature film "Thaayiya Runa" directed by Mandya Nagaraj.
In December 1996, he took up a 3 years diploma course in Cinematography at Government Film & Television Institute, Bangalore and passed out with distinction in December 1999.
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His diploma film "Manassu",in
which he was the Cinematographer & Director, was shot in 16mm and the final print was blown up to 35mm. In fact this set a milestone in the college, as he was the
student in the history of the college to submit a diploma film in 35mm print
format!
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In
2001, he joined E-TV Kannada television channel as in-house
production cameraman. Here, he has worked in both offline
independent camera setup as well as in multiple camera setups with live
telecast. He served this organization for around two years.
In 2003, he started his own production company
called “Manu Entertainment Network”. The first production was a short film in English titled “My Aim” for a competition in BBC Television's "Young Filmmaker of the Year 2003".
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To
supplement his cinematography skills, he attended “Business of
Scriptwriting Workshop”, organised by National Film Development
Corporation, Mumbai in January 2007.The faculty of the workshop was
Mr. Julian Friedmann, Joint Managing Director, Blake Friedmann
Literary Agency, London.
He
is a member of Suchitra Film Society, Bangalore, since 1992. Here, he has seen and appreciated films from different countries.
Acting
Skills
Hobby
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