Leo John Paul

Leo John Paul
Born
Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationFilm editor

Leo John Paul is an Indian film editor[1] who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry for which he has been recognized as best editor for 2013 by Tamil Nadu state govt for Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013).[2]

Career

Leo John Paul completed a bachelor's degree in PSG college of Technology in 2004 and master's degree in Visual Communications in 2006. He is always loves art and an active participants in college cultural activities. He was a great dancer and received much appreciation for his dance and choreography. He began working as an editor on short films, documentaries and music videos. In 2007, he approached director Gautham Vasudev Menon and got an opportunity to work as a spot editor for Vaaranam Aayiram (2007) and worked under the guidance of editor Anthony.[3] He continued to work with the team for the production of Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam, which was later shelved. Leo John Paul subsequently got an opportunity to be the main editor for his friend Milind Rau's romantic comedy film, Kadhal 2 Kalyanam, and completed work on the project, though it still remains unreleased. In late 2011, he worked on the making of the song video of "Why This Kolaveri Di" from 3. Soon, the song became the most searched YouTube video in India and an internet phenomenon across Asia.[4][5][6] Within a few weeks, YouTube honoured the video with a '"Recently Most Popular" Gold Medal award and "Trending" silver medal award for receiving a large number of hits in a short time.[7]

Leo John Paul got a breakthrough as a film editor with Attakathi (2012) and has since regularly collaborated in ventures produced by C. V. Kumar and Thirukumaran Entertainment.[3] He has worked on the production of other commercially successful ventures including Karthik Subbaraj's Pizza (2012), Nalan Kumarasamy's Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Ram's Mundasupatti (2014), winning critical acclaim for his work. Kumar noted Leo John Paul's importance to the success of his films, and revealed that he regularly brought films down from four hours to two hours with his editing work.[8]

Filmography

As editor

Associate Editors

  • Radhakrishnan Dhanapal
  • Julian Sav
  • Prasanna GK
  • Niranjan Antony
  • Yashvanthan
  • Iruleeswaran

References

  1. ^ "Movie Avtar - Coimbatore". The Hindu. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Full list of the Tamil Film Awards from 2009-2014 announced by the TN govt". The Hindu. 13 July 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "An interview with editor Leo John Paul". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Kolaveri is the most searched video". The Times of India. 21 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Danush's '3 - Why this kolaveri di' a smashing hit — Video". KollyInsider. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  6. ^ Ramadurai, Charukesi (24 November 2011). "Tamil 'nonsense' film song goes viral in India". BBC. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Here's how the Kolaveri Di song happened!". Rediff.com. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Kumar Credits Editor Leo John Paul for His Success". The New Indian Express. 24 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Review : (2012)". Sify. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Full list of the Tamil Film Awards from 2009-2014 announced by the TN govt". The Hindu. 13 July 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Review : Enakkul Oruvan (2015)". Sify. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.