DIRECTOR, WRITER
Christo Tomy is a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist and a two-time National Award-winning director . After passing out of the prestigious Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, he directed the Netflix True Crime show, Curry and Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case. His latest project as a writer-director is the Malayalam feature film, Ullozhukku (Undercurrent) currently streaming on Amazon Prime. He is currently show running and preparing to direct a high-profile fiction series for a major OTT platform. He is also developing a few features film in Hindi and Malayalam
Curry and Cyanide was a Global Top #2, trending in more than 30 countries and garnered more than 10M views within three weeks of its release. Curry & Cyanide was the 10th most viewed film worldwide at the end of three weeks among all the titles from Netflix India. Curry & Cyanide was nominated for the Best Non- Fiction Series at the Filmfare OTT Awards 2024.
Ullozhukku was part of the Film Independent’s Global Media Makers LA Residency (2019), the NFDC Co-Production Market – Film Bazaar (2018) and the NFDC Screenwriters Lab (2017). The project won the Cinestaan India’s Storytellers Script Contest (2018), India’s biggest feature film script contest adjudged by Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani, Anjum Rajabali and Juhi Chaturvedi.
Ullozhukku (Undercurrent) starring Parvathy Thiruvothu and the veteran Malayalam actor Urvashi was produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Honey Trehan and Abhishek Chaubey under their banner the RSVP and the MacGuffin Pictures. Thr film opened to rave reviews worldwide and had one of the biggest openings for a Malayalam female-led film. The film won 3 Kerala State Film Awards including the Best Actress for Urvashi. The film also won two Film Companion Golds; one for the Film and one for Urvashi. The screenplay of Ullozhukku has been included in the core collection of the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Ullozhukku was part of the Film Independent’s Global Media Makers LA Residency, the NFDC Co-Production Market – Film Bazaar and the NFDC Screenwriters Lab. The project won the Cinestaan India’s Storytellers Script Contest, India’s biggest feature film script contest adjudged by Aamir Khan, Raju Hirani, Juhi Chaturvedi and Anjum Rajabali.
Christo’s short films Sweetheart and Virgin won the National Film Awards for Best Direction (Golden Lotus) and Best Debut Film (Silver Lotus) respectively in the non-feature section. He served as a member of the jury for the non-feature films at the 65th National Film Awards. Virgin was also screened at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa. His music video, You are Rot won the Best Music Video Award at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK). Kamuki and Kanyaka have won many awards and were screened at international film festivals in Los Angeles, Toronto, Warsaw, Ottawa among many others.
