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

Leo John Paul is an Indian film editor, who works in the Tamil film industry.[1][2]

Career

Leo John Paul completed a degree in Visual Communications in 2006 and began working as an editor on short films, documentaries and music videos. In 2007, he approached director Gautham 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.[8][9] 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.[10]

Filmography

As editor

References

  1. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/movie-avtar/article6983564.ece
  2. ^ http://silverscreen.in/leo-john-paul/
  3. ^ a b http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-editor/leo-john-paul/an-interview-with-editor-leo-john-paul.html
  4. ^ "Kolaveri is the most searched video". Times of India. 21 November 2011. 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. ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/enakkul-oruvan-review-tamil-pdgryndeaeafj.html
  9. ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/pizza-review-tamil-pcma9ldeigccc.html
  10. ^ http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Kumar-Credits-Editor-Leo-John-Paul-for-His-Success/2015/11/24/article3143129.ece
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