Basil Joseph

Basil Joseph was born at Sultan Bathery in the Wayanad district of Kerala. He is the son of Fr. Joseph Pallippatt, a Jacobite priest. He studied at St. Joseph's School, Sulthan Bathery, and at SKMJ Higher Secondary School in Kalpetta. He then did his B.Tech. degree at the College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He worked at Infosys in Technopark, Trivandrum for two years before starting his career in movies. == Career ==

Basil Joseph acted in the short film CET Life whilst attending College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He also scripted and directed the short films, Oru Thundu Padam and Priyamvadha Katharayano during his stint at Infosys as a Systems Engineer in Thiruvananthapuram. Basil assisted Vineeth Sreenivasan in his third directional venture, Thira in 2013. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with Kunjiramayanam which featured brothers Vineeth Sreenivasan and Dhyan Sreenivasan. His second directorial venture was the sports comedy Godha starring Tovino Thomas. The film was a commercial success and went on to become the highest-grossing film of Tovino Thomas during that period. His third film Minnal Murali starring Tovino Thomas was released on Netflix in 2021 and had a simultaneous release in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. ==Personal life==

On 17 August 2017, he married Elizabeth, with whom he was in a relationship for over seven years. They have one daughter. == Filmography ==

As director As assistant director • Thira (2013) As actor Short films == Awards and nominations ==