Kodlu Ramkrishna is a Kannada film director from Tirthahalli in Karnataka.Kodlu Ramkrishna hails from Kodlu Village in Tirthahalli Taluk,Shimoga District. He has worked in the Kannada Film Industry for more than three decades. Kodlu has directed and produced 25 movies and 100 documentaries. He is one of the few directors who has directed movies on popular kannada novels. He has got 4 state awards from state government. He has also introduced many actors, actresses, musicians and singers to the Kannada film Industry including Digant, Bhavana, M.D.Shridhar,Shamita Malnad, Guru Kiran(introduced to Tulu film industry), Rajesh Krishnan, etc. Hailing from a village, his main vision is to introduce more talents from the rural villages to the TV and Film Industry.