Jitendra Mishra is an Indian film producer and promoter, born in

Titlagarh Titilagarh is a town and Municipality in Balangir district in the Indian state of Odisha. Geography and Climate Titilagarh is located at . It has an average elevation of 215 metres (705 feet). Demographics India census, Titilagarh ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sc ...

. He is known for '' The Last Color'', '' Desires of the Heart'' and '' Human OAK'' an Indo-Italian film co-produced during Covid-19 lockdown.

Early life

He was born in Titlagarh, a small town in Western Odisha to Radha Madhab Mishra and Saudamini Mishra. Jitendra is the youngest of six siblings. In 2000 he graduated in Law from Balangir Law College and did his Masters in Commerce from Rajendra College Balangir, Sambalpur University and went to Delhi.

Career

Jitendra started his career as a production manager in a Delhi-based production house and after two years he founded his own production house in 2002. He was the associate producer of

I Am Kalam ''I Am Kalam'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced by the non-governmental charity Smile Foundation and directed by Nila Madhab Panda, cinematography by Mohana Krishna. The character of Chhotu has been performed by Harsh Mayar. T ...

. His recent production The Last Color by Michelin Star Chef

Vikas Khanna Vikas Khanna (born 14 November 1971) is an Indian chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer, filmmaker and humanitarian. He is one of the judges of Star Plus series ''MasterChef India''. He is based in New York City. Early life and education Khanna ...

premiered at the 30th Palm Springs International Film Festival and has been shown in various other festivals worldwide. His filmography includes Hollywood film

Desires of the Heart (2013 film) ''Desires of the Heart'' is a 2013 English independent film directed by James Kicklighter and co-directed in India with Rajesh Rathi. It stars Hollywood actors Val Lauren, Alicia Minshew alongside Bollywood actors Harsh Mayar, Gulshan Grover an ...

produced by Solila Parida, directed by

James Kicklighter James Kicklighter (born June 26, 1988) is an American film director, producer, and writer from Bellville, Georgia. Early life and education Kicklighter's hometown is in Bellville, Georgia. His father died from SARS when he was 12 years old ...

, starring

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and Alicia Minshew, ''Buried Seeds'' , ''Maiya'' , ''Bhor'' and ''Aasma'' among others. Jitendra Mishra has designed and implemented several international festivals, workshops and campaigns including North East Film festival in all the 8 North East States of India and Meghalaya Film Festival, for Children’s Film Society India in association with Smile Foundation. He is the festival director of the film festival

siffcy The Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFFCY) is an annual film festival in New Delhi organized by the Smile Foundation. Organization Smile Foundation is a national development organisation which undertakes welfare projec ...

which he has designed for Smile Foundation, India and as the festival director of

, he is elected President of the global network of films for young people CIFEJ recently. He has been a Member of Producers Network - Marche Du Films at

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films ...

for last 7 years and invited as a jury member to several international film festivals.

Production, distribution & promotion

Filmography

Honors and recognition

References

External links

* * https://siffcy.org/ * https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/short-film-inspired-by-the-pandemic-explores-human-beings-and-their-relationships/articleshow/78408721.cms {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Jitendra Film producers from Odisha Living people People from Balangir district Sambalpur University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)