Vijay Armstrong

Vijay Armstrong (born 2 January 1976) is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Tamil film industry. After making his debut with Pugaippadam (2010), he has worked on films including Thottal Thodarum (2015) and Charles's Azhagu Kutti Chellam (2016).[1][2]

Vijay Armstrong
Born (1976-01-02) 2 January 1976
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationDirector of photography
SpouseN.Hemalatha
Parents
  • S.Vijayaragavan (father)
  • V.Rani (mother)
Websitehttp://vijayarmstrong.com/

Career

Vijay had initially enrolled in a law degree but changed his career became a photo journalist for the Vikatan Group, before working as a Graphic and Web Designer for Digit Net Communications in Bangalore. Interested in pursuing a career as a cinematographer, he assisted in the camera teams of films including Iyer IPS, Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Varalaru and Cinema. He consequently worked as an independent cinematographer in ad films, working for over fifty brands, and then worked on assignments for documentaries including the BBC documentary about PT Usha and another one for the ILO.

In 2009, he got his first big break as a cinematographer for Rajesh Lingam’s Pugaippadam (2010), after which he worked on Maathi Yosi (2010). He subsequently worked on Raja Guru's Ondipuli and Gopi's Karuppar Nagaram featuring Akhil, both of which did not have a theatrical release.[3][4] He also used practical lights instead of the traditional film set lighting in the web series Nila Nila Odi Vaa.[5]

Filmography

Television

References
  1. Sify.com
  2. "Archived copy". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. " Karuppar Nagaram will be colourful - Tamil News". 11 June 2010.
  4. "Thottal Thodarum (Aka) Thotal Thodarum review".
  5. tabloid!, Mythily Ramachandran, Special to (18 July 2018). "Nandhini JS directs Tamil vampire rom-com". GulfNews. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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