Mani Shankar Iyer is a screenwriter and director from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his Bachelors degree in Commerce from New L J. College of Commerce, Ahmedabad and later his postgraduate diploma in Film Technology from MGR Government Film and Television Institute, Chennai. He holds a Gold medal in Direction and Screenplay writing. During his academic career, Mani made various short films like THE CHESS CHAMPION (English), I AM A GAY( Hindi) MAAYATHIRAI (Tamil). AZHAGANA EN CHARUPRIYA (Tamil). MAARGAM (Tamil) which were all critically acclaimed and selected at various film festivals. His most critically acclaimed film MAGIZHVAN (Tamil) was selected at various International Film Festivals including Seattle South Asian Film Festival and KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival bagging several awards. His next directorial SATTHAM (Tamil) bagged 55 International Awards at major International Film Festivals that includes Jaipur International Film Festival, La Dolce Vita Cine Roma (Italy), Twilight Tokyo International Film Festival (Tokyo), Pattaya International Film Festival (Thailand) Mont Blanc International Film Festival (France) and many other festivals. Besides filmmaking, Mani also takes lectures in filmmaking and screenwriting at various film institutes in India. VALENTINE @3 is his recent feature film.