# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amal-neerad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:37:47.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amal-neerad"
name: "Amal Neerad"
slug: "amal-neerad"
description: "Amal Neerad ISC is an Indian film director, cinematographer and producer who mainly works in Malayalam cinema. He attended the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata. He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Cinematography in 2001 for his diploma film Meena Jha."
tagline: "Indian cinematographer, film director, and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amal_neerad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1976-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.7
  momentum:             5.28927458834001
  historical:           5.114022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2039170/"
    handle:    "nm2039170"
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Neerad"
    title: "Amal Neerad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "امال نيراد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Neerad"
    title: "Amal Neerad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "അമൽ നീരദ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "அமல் நீரத்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/587720"
    title: "Amal Neerad"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump