Biography

Isaac Thomas Kottukapally is an Indian film score composer, music director and script writer working mainly in Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. He has scored music for several English documentaries and commercials.

Isaac debuted as a composer into the film industry with the National award winning Kannada film Thaayi Saheba (1997) directed by Girish Kasaravalli. The film was received well by the critics and the music was appreciated. This paved the way for a long association of Isaac with the director Girish Kasaravalli, he went on to score for Kasaravalli's future films such as Kraurya (1998), Dweepa (2003), Naayi Neralu (2006) and Gulabi Talkies (2008).[3]

In Malayalam, he composed for many films such as Margam, Sancharram, Kutty Srank, Punyam Aham and Adaminte Makan Abu and many others which won him Kerala State Awards and National film award, his score for the 1:1.6 An Ode to Lost Love (2004) was also appreciated at the Panorama at the International Film Festival of India.

For his background score in the film Adaminte Makan Abu (2010), Isaac won the Best Music Director award at the 58th National Film Awards. Besides this, he has won the Kerala State Film Awards five times for his score in various Malayalam films

Mr. Isaac Thomas, a veteran in the Indian film Industry worked as a Music Director; Composed & Scored Original Music for more than 70 Full-Length Feature Films, besides Scores of Short Fictions, Documentaries & Ad Films and hundreds of Original Signature Tracks for many TV Channels and also many Anthems in various languages. He has two major American Theatre Musical English Dramas to his credit.

Produced, Scripted & Directed A few Hundreds of Theatre & TV Ad Films & Corporate Documentaries for major Companies across India.

Director of the Mega Hindi Serial 'Bilble Ki Kahaniya'.

Co-Script Writer of Award Winning Malayalam Film 'Esthappan' (1979).

One of the Founders, First Vice President, Chief Producer, Chief Creative Director of India's first private TV Channel, Asianet (Malayalam). He owns a ad. Film company in Chennai.

Kerala State Film Award 2002 Bhavam Best Background Music Kerala State Film Award 2003 Margam Best Background Score Kerala State Film Award 2004 Sancharram & Oridam Best Background Score National Film Award 2010 Adaminte Makan Abu Best Background Score Kerala State Film Award 2010 Adaminte Makan Abu, Veettilekkulla Vazhi Best Background Score
- IMDb mini biography by: Rajwin