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OUR TEAM

Collective Storyz is a collaborative space where the team associates with numerous creative and talented directors who have made their mark across various platforms.

PANEL OF DIRECTORS

M. Mohanan
Director
He made his debut in the Malayalam film industry by directing the Mammooty and Sreenivasan starrer "Kadha Parayumbol". He then went on make movies like "Manikyakallu", "916", "My God" and "Aravindante Adithikal". He is an exceptional script writer and an experienced director.
Dinjith
Ayyathan
Director
This passionate filmmaker made his debut in cinema by directing the Asif Ali starrer "OP.160/18 Kakshi Amminipilla". He has more than 14 years of experience as an animator and has worked in projects produced by Disney, Wild Brain Studios and Nickelodeon. He is currently in the works of his next movie.
Rakesh
Mantodi
Director
He is a celeberated screenwriter in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut by penning the screenplay for the Vineeth Sreenivasan directorial movie "Thira" starring Shobhana. After the success of "Thira", he wrote the screenplay for director Basil Joseph's "Godha" starring Tovino Thomas and Wamiqa Gabbi. He is all set for his directorial debut with the Tovino Thomas starrer "Varavu".
Nevil Thomas
Director
He has more than 8 years of experience in the world of movies and advertisements. He worked as an Assistant Cinematographer to Himman dameja in the Hollywood movie "Basmati Blues" starring Barie Larson. He then went on to work as an Assistant Director in movies like "Daawat-e-Ishq" and "Godha". He has directed an ad film for Green valley drinking water and also a cover song video for Shilpa Thakur (cover on aararo )
Nishanth
Balan
Director
He is an imaginative filmmaker with more than 7 years in the film industry and has directed three short films. He began his film career as an Assisstant Director and story board artist in the Tovino Thomas starrer "Godha". He was an Art Assistant in the Akshay Kumar starrer "Singh Is Bling" and Fahad Faazil starrer "Mariyam Mukku". He has also worked in the Kairaili TMT Ad featuring Mohanlal.
Manu
Sebastian
Director
This creative mind has been a precious asset to our team. He is an experienced ad filmmaker and has done many famous commercials. He started his career in Super Studio 13 in Italy as an assistant Creative director. During his time as a creative director he has has worked with popular artistes including Ranveer Singh for Ajio , Sara Ali Khan and Sunil Chetri for Puma. While in the works of his debut film, he is currently the creative director for Rakesh Mantodi's upcoming Tovino Thomas starrer "Varavu".
Rajeesh
Velayudhan
Director
He began his career as an assistant director in "OP.160/18 Kakshi Amminipilla" starring Asif Ali. He worked as associate director in the Sunny Wayne starrer "Anugraheethan Antony" and as an assistant director in the Dileep starrer "Keshu Ee Veedinte Naadhan". He has also been an active member in the script discussions of many hit movies.
Vava
Kottarakkara
Director
He is one of the most popular and most demanded associate director in the malayalam film industry. He is best known for his association with movies like the Mohanlal and Vivek Oberoi starrer "Lucifer" directed by Prithviraj, Manju Warrier and Amala Akkineni starrer "C/O Saira Bhanu" and Vineeth Sreenivasan and Nikhila Vimal starrer "Aravindante Athidhikal". Script Writer

CREATIVE WRITERS

Manu Manjith
Creative Writer
He is a poet and lyricist in the Malayalam film industry. He began his film career by penning the songs for "Ohm Shanthi Oshaana" starring Nazriya Nazim and Nivin Pauly. He has since then written many hit songs for movies like "Kunjiramayanam", "Godha", "Aadu" , "Jacobinte Swargarajyam", "Adi Kapyare Kootamani", "Mohanlal" , "Love Action Drama" and " Anugraheethan Antony". He is going to debut as a script writer in Tovino Thomas's most anticipated upcoming movie "Varav" directed by Rakesh Mantodi.
Sharesh Malengandi
Creative Writer
He is a debutant script writer and a police officer by profession. He has written many short stories that has been published by the leading publications in Kerala. He has also co-written director Rakesh Mantodi's upcoming movie " Varavu" starring Tovino Thomas.

Associatie Partner

Milinto Michael
Associative Partner
Milinto Michael is an MBA graduate from FMS NewDelhi ,entrepreneur and executive film producer. He is the founder of JOM group which deals with data center management , advertising, construction and interior designing. He is a co founder of anbodukochi and also the founder of blood kerala donors friends association.

DOP

Viswajith
DOP
He is one of a kind cinematographer in the industry. He began his career as an associate cinematographer with Anend C Chandran and has worked in many hit movies like "Neram", "Premam", "Helen" etc. He made his debut as an independent cinematographer in Vineeth Sreenivasan's Pranav Mohanlal starrer "Hridayam".
Swaroop
Philip
DOP
He is a renowned cinematographer in the advertising industry. He madehis debut in the film industry with "Orkut Oru Ormakootu". His well-known films include "You Too Brutus", "Aravindante Athidhikal" and "Premasoothram". He has also rolled the camera for the music video Sirikkadhey for the Tamil movie "Remo" starrring actors Sivakarthikeyan and Keerthi Suresh along with composer Anirudh Ravichander.
Bahul Ramesh
DOP
He has been the cinematographer for popular movies like "OP.160/18 Kakshi Amminippilla" and "Mohan Kumar Fans". He is well known for his beautiful frames and screen lighting techniques.
Sharan
Sasidharan
DOP
He began his career as assistant cinematographer with Bahul Ramesh and has worked in movies like "OP.160/18 Kakshi Amminipilla", "Forensic", and "Mohan Kumar Fans". He has also cracked the camera for the two promotion videos for DYFI done by Collective Storyz.

Second Unit Directors

Rohan Parakkad
Director
He is a passionate filmmaker and writer. He started his career in the malayalam film industry by assisting filmmaker Ganesh Raj, director of malayalam movie 'Aanandham'. He has worked in various commercial Ad's and music videos and has associated with popular talents in the country like 'Varun Dhawan', Raftaar and 'Bhuvan Bham,'. He has also worked in brand videos of ' Flipkart, OnePlus, Oppo, Bacardi and Mahindra.' He is currently assisting script-writer turned director Rakesh Mantodi in his directorial debut 'Varavu' starring actor Tovino Thomas.
Nirmal
Varghese
Director
He is an active member of the collective storyz team and has worked in the promotion video for DYFI done by our team. He began his film career as an assistant director with a production house in Kochi and has worked in many corporate videos for popular brands like Flipkart, OnePlus, Mahindra etc. He is currently assisting director Rakesh Mantodi in his upcoming Tovino Thomas starrer "Varavu".
Basil V
Edappattu
Director
His active and easy going nature is an addition to his imaginative mind. He has worked as an associate director in the movie "Njaan Lal Jose" and the "The Kite" He has also been a part of many commercial Ad's for Akkadians Advertising.
Febin
Sidharth
Director
He has 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has worked in television and film industry as script writer and editor . He has edited, scripted and directed award winning short film “Anali’’(5 awards including SIIMA award). “Chila Sangethika Karanangalal” a political drama short film is scripted by him also obtain 15 awards. “Nalam Loka Mahayudham “ a political drama short film scripted and directed by him
Sreehari
Dharman
Director
He is an alumnus of KR Narayanan National Film Institute. He has directed several short films like "The sea within us" and "Aavruthi" which have been officially selected for various International, national, Regional film festivals. His film Aavruthi was KR Narayanan National Film institute's official entry to National Awards, Indian Panorama and IDSFFK for the year 2019. He has worked as AD in Kamal KM/Sameer Thahir, multi-starrer film Pada. He has been the Project Lead/Director of prestigious long documentary project of Muziris Heritage and Govt of Kerala.

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