Ameer

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1967-12-05 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Also Known As Ameer Sultan

Ameer

Biography

Ameer Sultan is an Indian film director, producer and actor hailing from the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. He is recognized as a member of the movement of directors in the late 1990s to early 2000s dubbed the Tamil New Wave. His filmography includes the romantic comedy Mounam Pesiyadhe, the mystery thriller Raam, and the tragedy Paruthiveeran. Paruthiveeran was highly successful, running for over a year at theaters and garnering widespread acclaim from critics. It received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards, six Southern Filmfare Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, among others, whilst being screened at several international film festivals such as the Berlin International Film Festival and the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema. Ameer made his acting debut in Yogi in 2009, and later on appeared in the acclaimed and commercially successful Vetrimaaran feature Vada Chennai, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2018 Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards.

Known For

Director

2013
2007
Paruthiveeran

as Director

2005
Raam

as Director

2002
Mounam Pesiyadhe

as Director

1999
Sethu

as Assistant Director

Writer

2013
2009
Yogi

as Screenplay

2007
Paruthiveeran

as Screenplay

2007
Paruthiveeran

as Story

2007
Paruthiveeran

as Dialogue

2005
Raam

as Screenplay

2005
Raam

as Story

2005
Raam

as Dialogue

2002
2002
Mounam Pesiyadhe

as Screenplay

2002
Mounam Pesiyadhe

as Dialogue

2002
Mounam Pesiyadhe

as Lyricist

Actor

2023
Uyir Thamizhukku

as MGR Pandian

2022
2018
Vada Chennai

as Rajan

2014
Ninaithathu Yaaro

as Special Appearance

2011
Yuddham Sei

as Special Appearance

2009
Yogi

as Yogeshwaran (Yogi)

Producer

2009
Yogi

as Producer

2005
Raam

as Producer

Sound

2007
Paruthiveeran

as Playback Singer