Sugnan (Gnanamurthy)

Sugnan (born 8 Januray 1975) is an Indian cinematographer who works in the Kannada film industry. He made his debut in the feature film Mani directed by Yogaraj Bhat in the year 2001. He has since worked in over 20 films 3 television mega serials. Most recognized for his unique work in the movie Sidlingu, his hand-held style in the movies Lifeu Ishtene, Tony, Dana Kayonu, Male Jayammana Maga Maayavadanu I Love You and Mugulu Nage have been worthy of praise.
Sugnan was born on 08 January 2975 to S.C. Narayanappa and Rajamma, into a weaver’s family, in Bangalore, Karnataka. He completed his SSLC from SVN High School, Malleshwaram, Bangalore in 1990. 
He was drawn to cinema when he witnessed the shooting of the movie Udbhava near his house during his SSLC exams. Starring Anant Nag and helmed by Koodlu Ramakrishna, it was his first brush with the film making process at such close quarters. This inspired him to pursue a Diploma in Cinematography course at Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic, Bangalore between 1991-93.
He started his career working for a production house called Prime Images Pvt. Ltd., where he worked extensively on documentaries, news reels, daily soaps and corporate films for three years.
He debuted as a cameraman with the telefilm Nenapinangaladalli, which he also produced with his friends. Later, her freelanced as a cameraman for various daily soaps. 
Sugnan went on to assist Mapakshi, where he learned basic cinematography aesthetics and technical knowledge. He was also exposed to a huge collection of films, which inspired him and helped him fine tune his skills. His stint as an assistant cinematographer with P. Rajan gave him the opportunity to work on films like Beladingala Baale, Hagalu Vesha and AK 47. Sugnan also worked as an associate with R. Giri, from whom he learnt the candid camera technique.
Having worked with experienced cinematographers, he can seamlessly handle filming for both TV and films with ease. He is known for his unique style and his ability is lauded by some of the leading technicians and artists in the industry.
Sugnan has had the opportunity to work with Ananth Nag, who inspired him to pursue his career in films, when he worked with him on the feature film Mellusire Savigana (2002) and the mega serial Preethi Illada Mele (2005-09).
=== Television Mega serials ===
As a Cameraman
Title 	Channel 	Duration
Ardha Satya 	Doordarshan	1998 - 2000
Muktha 	ETV Kannada	2002 - 2005
Preethi Illade Mele	ETV Kannada	2005 - 2009
=== Feature Films ===
As an Assistant Cinematographer
Year	Title 	Director
1995	Beladingala Baale 	Sunil Kumar Desai
1999	AK 47 	Om Prakash Rao
1999	Chandra Mukhi Pranasakhi	Seetharama Karanth
2000	Hagalu Vesha 	Baraguru Ramachandrappa
As a Cinematographer
Year	Title 	Director
2001	Mani 	Yogaraj Bhat
2002	Mellusire Savigana 	Ramesh Krishna
2009	Payana 	Kiran Govi
2009	Love Guru 	Prashanth
2010	Premism 	Ratnaja
2011	Lifeu Ishtene 	Pavan Kumar
2011	Manasology 	Deepak
2012	Sidlingu 	Vijaya Prasad
2013	Tony 	Jayateertha
2013	Jayammana Maga 	Vikas
2014	Love In Mandya 	Arasu Anthare
2015	Bullet Basya 	Jayateertha
2015	Male 	Shiva Tejas
2016	Neer Dose 	Vijaya Prasad
2016	Dana Kayonu 	Yogaraj Bhat
2017	Mugulu Nage 	Yogaraj Bhat
2019	Panchatantra 	Yogaraj Bhat
2019	I Love You 	R. Chandru
2020	Kanadante Mayavadanu	Raj Patipatti
2020	Law 	Rahu Samartha
2020	Yellow Gangs 	Ravindra Parameshwarappa
Category:1975 births
Category:Indian cinematographers