S. Ravi Varman is an Indian cinematographer, filmmaker, producer and writer. He has predominantly worked in films in Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Known for his realistic and poetic framing sense, Ravi Varman began his career in Malayalam films. He directed a romantic film in Tamil titled Moscowin Kavery and also filmed the music video for the song "Bird Flu" by British Tamil songwriter M.I.A.

Early life

Ravivarman was born in a village named Poyyundarkudikadu near Pattukottai in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Career

He started his career by assisting cinematographer Ravi K Chandran. After working in Malayalam films since 1999 for three years, he worked in Bollywood for the film ''Yeh Dil'' in 2003. He later worked in the Telugu film ''Jai'' and received more offers in Hindi, such as ''Armaan'', ''Bee Busthar'', ''Ramji Londonwale'', and ''Phir Milenge'', His next project is going to be with Maniratnam.It was not until 2002 when he started to work in Tamil films, with his first one being Susi Ganeshan's ''Five Star''. He continued to work with directors as a cinematographer in Tamil films, including S. Shankar's ''Anniyan'', Gautham Vasudev Menon's ''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'', K. S. Ravikumar's ''Dasavathaaram'' and ''Villu'', which was directed by Prabhu Deva.