Biography

Priya Krishnaswamy is a 2-time National Award winning Indian film producer, writer, director and editor who works predominantly in Hindi and Tamil cinema. In 2004, her documentary film, 'The Eye of the Fish - the Kalaris of Kerala' won the National Award for Best Arts / Cultural film.

She made her feature film directorial debut with the Hindi film Gangoobai (2013).[1] She garnered acclaim for writing, editing, directing and producing the Tamil language thriller Baaram (2018) which won the National award for Best Tamil Feature Film in 2019. She was announced as the director of Tamil language feature film Pichaikkaran 2, starring Vijay Antony.