Vipin Vijay studied filmmaking at SRFTI, Calcutta and received the Charles Wales Arts Award to study at the British Film Institute (BFI), London. His films have won many awards which include the National Jury Award, Tiger Award-IFF Rotterdam 2007, Golden Pearl-HIFF, International Jury prize, Kodak Award, Kerala State Film & TV Award, IDPA Award, and the John Abraham National Award. His films have widely been screened in festivals at Rotterdam, Karlovyvary, Oberhausen, Montreal, Japan, Karachi, Tehran, Chicago, Seattle, Berkley, Mexico, Croatia, Milan, and the Indian Panorama. He is the recipient of the prestigious Sanskriti Award (2007) for cultural achievement in filmmaking.