Vinil Mathew is an well known Indian director and writer. He was born on 1st January 1977 in Delhi, India. Vinil Mathew primarily directs and produces television commercials. After studying filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), he made advertisement campaigns for several brands, including Vodafone, Nescafe and Cadbury. Vinil Mathew is famous for Sinbad, Hasee Toh Phasee (2014) and Haseen Dillruba (2021). Indian Director Vinil Mathew will also work in the upcoming film Haseen Dillruba 2 (2023). Vinil directed a television film for the channel Star One, called The Chosen One in 2003.

In 2000, Vinil moved to Mumbai to assist Prasoon Pandey at Highlight Films. After two years, he started his own production company named Nomad Films. He then joined Footcandles films, under which he worked on advertisements for Reliance, Vodafone and Airtel. In the ad for the last of these brands, he directed Vidya Balan and R. Madhavan. He went on to make over 250 ad campaigns, including one popular one for Cadbury. Vinil was attracted to Kanika Dhillon’s script of Haseen Dillruba, a romantic thriller about a murder involving a married woman. Starring Taapsee Pannu, the film was released on Netflix in 2021.

Vinil Mathew belong to a Malayali family in Delhi. Vinil Mathew got married to Shweta Venkat-Matthew. He went to St. Columba’s School, Delhi. Vinil was interested in films from a young age and said that watching Mani Ratnam’s Roja (1992) when he was in class 10 inspired him to be a filmmaker.