Name George Thengummoottil Role Writer | Books The Story of Peermade | |
Occupation Writer, documentarian, photographer Movies Goecha La: In Search of Kangchenjunga, In to the Darkroom | ||
George Thengummoottil (born 10 January 1985) is an Indian Documentary film Editor, explorer and filmmaker known for his travel films. 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.
Contents
- Education
- Life
- Keratoconus
- Career
- Film making
- Initiatives
- Community Initiatives
- Books
- Direction
- Other Credits
- Singalila in the Himalaya
- In To the Darkroom Shortfilm
- Eastern Himalaya
- Waghoba Provider Destroyer Deity
- Others
- Exhibitions
- References
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. 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.
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. 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. He was instrumental to popularize the use of solar panels for filming in remote places.
Community Initiatives
George is the founder of Keratoconus Foundation India, a charitable trust registered under Indian Trusts Act, 1882 which guides Keratoconus patients in India to lead a better life and support them economically.