Personal info
Known for
Director
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1972-11-10
Location
Kerala, India
Edit pageJeethu Joseph
Biography
Jeethu Joseph (born 10 November 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films.
Jeethu made his directional debut with the 2007 police procedural, Detective. He is best known for creating the Drishyam franchise. Drishyam became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever, at its time of release.
It was the first Malayalam film to cross the ₹50 crore mark, at the box office. Drishyam 2 was released directly through Amazon Prime Video, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the prequel, it was highly acclaimed and appreciated, worldwide.
His other works include Mummy & Me (2010), My Boss (2012), Life of Josutty (2015), Memories (2013), Oozham (2016), and Aadhi (2018).
Jeethu made his Tamil debut with Papanasam (2015) which is a remake of his 2013 film Drishyam, his Hindi debut with The Body (2019), and his Telugu debut with Drushyam 2 (2021).
