# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-c-daniel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:35:10.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-c-daniel"
name: "J. C. Daniel"
slug: "j-c-daniel"
description: "Joseph Chellaiya Daniel was an Indian filmmaker, widely recognised as the \"father of Malayalam cinema\". He was the first filmmaker from Kerala. He produced, directed, wrote, photographed, edited and starred in Vigathakumaran, the first Malayalam feature film, made in Kerala. He also established the first film studio in Kerala, Travancore National Pictures. In 1992, the Government of Kerala instituted the J. C. Daniel Award, the highest honour in Malayalam cinema, as part of the Kerala State Film Awards, in recognition of his contributions to the industry."
tagline: "Indian actor, director (1900–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GrandParents.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1900-11-28"
deathDate: "1975-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.31
  momentum:             3.008993141265634
  historical:           6.849176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199647/"
    handle:    "nm0199647"
sources:
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    title: "ஜே. சி. டேனியல் (திரைத்துறை)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيه. سى. دانييل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Daniel"
    title: "J. C. Daniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Daniel"
    title: "J. C. Daniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Daniel"
    title: "J. C. Daniel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J. C. Daniel"
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    title: "ജെ.സി. ദാനിയേൽ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522904"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1799084"
    title: "J.C. Daniel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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