Biography
Suri Krishnamma is a British film and television director and writer. Born on 10 May 1961 in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, he studied photography, film and television at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design before completing the directing course at the National Film and Television School.
He is known for feature films including A Man of No Importance (1994), New Year's Day (2000) and Dark Tourist (2012), and for television dramas such as A Respectable Trade (1998) and The Cazalets (2001). Krishnamma has directed episodes of long-running series including Casualty, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Holby City. He is a professor of film at Norwich University of the Arts and has received three BAFTA nominations and an RTS award.
