Vishnu Mathur
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VISHNU MATHUR is a producer and director with extensive experience in making films in North America, Europe, Middle East and South-East Asia .
As an independent filmmaker, Vishnu Mathur has spent the better part of the last two decades producing and directing documentaries for CBC-TV's The Nature of Things . Many of these films have been broadcast as well on Discovery Channel Canada.
Mathur has also worked for the BBC on prestigious programs such as Panorama and Disappearing World , and has traveled the world making films on political and cultural issues for NBC.
His most noteworthy projects include: War on Drugs , a two-hour special on the drug policies of four major cities; Alternative Medicine , a look at the growing disenchantment with modern medicine and the search for more holistic therapies; Skin Deep: The Science of Race , which explores the human preoccupation with skin colour; and Phallacies , an evolutionary history of male sexuality.
Mathur's films have received honours at a number of major national and international festivals, including the Gemini Awards, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival , the New York Festival and the Columbus International Film and Video Festival.
His works also include: India : The Lotus and The Cross, Firedance, Courtesans of Bombay and The Red Bindi. He was the winner of the prestigious UNESCO & HOT DOCS awards for Skin Deep: Science of Race. He was also a recipient of the Golden Sheaf award of Berlin Festival, Brittanica award, U.K., Red Ribbon Award, New York Film Festival, and various awards from Columbus & Yorkton Festivals.
Vishnu Mathur lived in Toronto and independently worked for the CBC, WGBH, Discovery Channel, BBC & Channel Four networks.
References and links:
http://www.netsap.org/saltaf2005/film.htm
http://www.visiontv.ca/Programs/documentaries_India_Lotus.html
http://osdir.com/ml/culture.region.india.goa.research/2005-03/msg00001.html
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/phal.html
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/2003/scout-030411-geninterest.html