Siva was born in chennai. He is an Indian cinematographer-turned-filmmaker. Siva is also known as siva Kumar. He was born to documentary photographer Jayakumar . his mother tongue is Tamil. Although he always wanted to become a filmmaker, he pursued photography. In 1998, Siva became a gold medalist from Adyar Film Institute. He directed the film Souryam, Sankham, Siruthai, Vedhalam, Veeram, Vivegam, etc...