Deepu Karunakaran is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam cinema. He debuted in 2008, with the Dileep starrer Crazy Gopalan.Prior to becoming an independent filmmaker, Deepu apprenticed as an assistant director under Priyadarshan. He debuted in 2008, with Crazy Gopalan. His next two films were with Jayaram and Prithviraj in the lead. He directed Mammootty in the 2015 thriller Fireman, which was a success critically and commercially.He ws born in Trivandrum, Kerala