# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/madhu-ambat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:39:36.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/madhu-ambat"
name: "Madhu Ambat"
slug: "madhu-ambat"
description: "Madhu Ambat ISC is an Indian cinematographer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil-language films apart from a few English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Sanskrit films. With a career spanning over 40 years, he is one of the most prolific cinematographers in Indian cinema. He is best known for his work in films such as Amaram, Anjali, and Makaramanju. He currently resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography thrice. He is a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC)."
tagline: "Indian cinematographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MadhuAmbat.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: "1949-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.71
  momentum:             4.779541446208113
  historical:           4.927002666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024263/"
    handle:    "nm0024263"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.madhuambat.com/"
sources:
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    title: "മധു അമ്പാട്ട്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مادهو امبات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu_Ambat"
    title: "Madhu Ambat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "மது அம்பாட்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A7%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "మధు అంబట్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13564545"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999159"
    title: "Madhu Ambat"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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