Deepu Karunakaran is an Indian film director, writer, producer, and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He debuted as a director with the movie Winter (filmed in 2008; released in 2009). His first theatrical release was Crazy Gopalan, starring Dileep, in 2008. Other notable ventures include Teja Bhai & Family (2011) starring Prithviraj, Fireman (2015) starring Mammootty, and Karinkunnam 6s (2016) starring Manju Warrier.