Madhu Eravankara is a film director, film critic, film scholar, film jury, film teacher, and author. He was born in Eravankara in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India.
He has directed the feature film Nankooram and around thirty documentaries including Nishadam (IFFK-2004, CFF-2004, DFF-2004 & BIFF- 2005),