Ganesh Raj, is the Director of the film Aanandam (2016). Before that, he was Vineeth Sreenivasan's Assistant Director. He worked with him on Thattathin Marayathu, Thira and Jacobinte Swargarajyam. He also assisted Anjali Menon in Bangalore Days. He is an engineering graduate born in Cochin. He did his schooling in Aleppey, Trivandrum and Cochin. After finishing his engineering, he got into filmmaking.