Siva (director)

Siva
Siva in 2018
Born	Sivakumar Jayakumar (1977-08-12) 12 August 1977 (age 47) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (present-day Chennai)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Siruthai Siva
Occupations	Cinematographer Film director Screenwriter Lyricist
Years active	2001–present
Relatives	Bala (brother)

Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and cinematographer who works primarily in Tamil cinema industry.

Siva started his film career as a cinematographer for several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He then pursued his career as a film director and screenwriter in Telugu cinema with Souryam (2008) a superhit, which was followed by Sankham (2009) a hit and Daruvu (2012) another hit,

Siva achieved huge success when he progressed to Tamil cinema, where he entered as a screenwriter and director with Siruthai (2011). He further made the high-prolific Veeram (2014), Vedalam (2015), and Viswasam (2019). He also directed Vivegam (2017) Annaatthe (2021) and Kanguva (2024).