Director/Cinematographer/Editor —Chennai, India

RAHULGAJENDRAKUMAR

Films built on proximity — the feeling of being inside the moment, not watching it.

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01 — The Reel

Frames, not thumbnails.

Frames from six bodies of work — the photography the eye began with; the experimental documentary snail.; the body-horror short Skin Deep; a housewarming on the ECR; a concert; and the music film Delraaz. Two of them move. Click any frame to step inside the project.

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Sweep to travel · click a frame to open

Sweep toward an edge to travel the reel fast. Settle near the centre and it slows to a crawl. A still opens its whole project; a moving frame plays the film.

The work, in time.

2025 ← 2018
02 — In Motion

The films.

Brand films, music films, mood films — each directed from a single vision, brought to camera by a crew of cine-industry technicians working from that vision.

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03 — Standing

The work, and what it’s earned.

A jury award, films that travel, and clients who came back — the record of a way of seeing, put to work.

Jury Award

snail.

Festival Angaelica 2023 — Colorado, USA. An experimental documentary short.

Filmography
snail.Experimental documentary2022
Skin DeepBody-horror short2024
BoundariesConceptual dance film2019
The Broken BranchPost-apocalyptic short2019
FIVEHorror / thriller2018

Trusted by

Uber IndiaUber India Emma Mattress × GukeshEmma Mattress × Gukesh AIGAIG French Chamber of CommerceFrench Chamber of Commerce Delraaz & The All StarsDelraaz & The All Stars Environmentalist Foundation of IndiaEnvironmentalist Foundation of India Level Up LearningLevel Up Learning
Lineage
RM
Rajiv MenonAssoc. Cinematographer · Mindscreen
HU
Hideho UrataThesis supervisor · LASALLE
LS
LASALLE, SingaporeB.A. (Hons.) Film — Direction & Editing
AG
APL GlobalA-Levels · Art & Design
04 — Teaching

Passing it on.

Don Bosco Arts & Science College · 2024

An eight-week course on how a film is actually made.

A value-add programme for second- and third-year Visual Communication students — from the first scratch of pre-production through to the last frame of post. Built around one exercise: recreate a scene from Super Deluxe, Soodhu Kavvum or Anbe Sivam, in self-formed crews, with real production roles. Less a lecture series than a working film set.

61students
across two years
8weeks
pre to post
3scenes
recreated
Teaching at Don Bosco College
Students in breakout crews
The cohort at work

His class was a perfect example of how a visual communication class should be — even the people who barely pay attention ended up sharing their thoughts that day.

Student · VISCOM, Don Bosco

None of our other classes have been as interesting. He easily grabbed everyone's attention towards what he had to say.

Student · VISCOM, Don Bosco

It made me understand things from different perspectives — not just stick to one point of view. Looking forward to more classes with him.

Student · VISCOM, Don Bosco
05 — One Conversation

Let's make
proximity.

A single vision, brought to camera by the right people for the work. Solo on the personal films, with a crew on the commissioned ones — same eye, every time.

[email protected]
@rahulangelo99 Email Chennai · India