P. Krishnamoorthy is an Indian film art director, production designer
and costume designer who works predominantly in the South Indian
cinema. As of 2015, he has worked in over 55 films in Kannada, Tamil,
Telugu, Sanskrit Malayalam and English, and won five National Film
Awardsâ€"three for Best Art Direction and two for Best Costume Design.
In addition, he is the recipient of five Kerala State Film Awards and
four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.Hailing from Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu,
P. Krishnamoorthy graduated from the Government College of Fine Arts,
Chennai. Starting his profession as an artist, he got into films
through G. V. Iyer. He first met Iyer in 1968 when the latter was
about to make Hamsa Geethe, a Kannada film. Krishnamoorthy was
immediately signed up despite having no prior experience in art
direction. The film eventually released in 1975, but he remained
unnoticed. However, he got an opportunity to work in plays for B. V.
Karanth and Bansi Kaul.Over the next years, Kirshnamoorthy continued
to mainly work for Iyer in films such as Adi Shankaracharya (1983),
Madhvacharya (1986) and Ramanujacharya (1989). Although he entered
Tamil cinema through Sreedhar Rajan's Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum in
1983, he did not work in Tamil films for a brief phase in his career.
In 1987, he won his first National Film Award for Madhvacharya. This
recognition helped him enter Malayalam cinema, through Lenin
Rajendran's Swathi Thirunal (1987). Following that, he continued to
work in 15 films in Malayalam including Vaisali (1988), Oru Vadakkan
Veeragatha (1989), Perumthachan (1991). He won two National Film
Awards for his work in Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha as an art director and
costume designer. His involvement with Malayalam cinema in the late
1980s and early 1990s earned him five Kerala State Film Awards for
Best Art Director. P. Krishnamoorthy Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter
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