Jitendra Mishra is an Indian film producer and promoter, born in
Titlagarh
Titilagarh is a town and Municipality in Balangir district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Odisha.
Geography and Climate
Titilagarh is located at . It has an average elevation of 215 metres (705 feet).
Demogr ...
,
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 ...
. 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. 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
Val Lauren and
Alicia Minshew
Alicia Minshew (born May 28, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Kendall Hart on the daytime drama ''All My Children''.
Early life and career
Minshew was born in Plantation, Florida. Her mother is of Italian descent. H ...
, ''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 which he has designed for Smile Foundation, India and as the festival director of
siffcy, 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 o ...
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
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* 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
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Film producers from Odisha
Living people
People from Balangir district
Sambalpur University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)