Deepu Karunakaran is an Indian film director, writer, producer and actor who works in Malayalam cinema.

His first released film was in 2008, the thriller comedy Crazy Gopalan starring Dileep in the titular role.

His third film was a comedy Teja Bhai and Family starring Prithviraj in the lead, released in 2011 to commercial success.

A few of his big-budgeted PAN India movies with top artistes in the Industry, planned after 2016, could not be materialized due to COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.

Venturing into acting and production in the post-COVID period, Deepu once again donned the cap of a Director in 2023 with "Mr & Mrs Bachelor" that's scheduled to release in August 2024.