Lijo Jose Pellissery (born 18 September 1978) is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam cinema.

[5] Pellissery made his debut in 2010 with the crime film Nayakan and followed it up with the crime-drama City of God (2011) and the black comedy satire Amen (2013), the last mentioned, a commercial success at the Kerala box office.

In 2020, Jallikkattu was selected as India's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.

[12] He debuted as a feature film director in 2010 with Nayakan, which narrated the story of a Kathakali artist who joined the underworld to take revenge on those who killed his family.

[25][26] Ee.Ma.Yau., his next film based on a satire written by P. F. Mathews[27] and with his regular composer, Prashant Pillai, scoring the music,[28] was premiered on 30 November 2017[29] but the release was delayed due to undisclosed reasons.

[34][35] Following the similar technique, Jallikattu has at least 6 long takes and have brought in over thousand extras for the climax sequence.