Mandira Mitra

Mandira Mitra is an alumna of the Film and Television In­stitute of India ( FTll), Pune. A filmmaker, film critic and re­puted television professional, her work has been shown and received honors at international festivals like Ober­hausen, Karlovy Vary, Turin, ICA London, Birmingham, Henri Langlois, Paris. Her experience in television content creation spans over 28 years, having written, produced and directed numerous documentaries, series, fiction shorts, telefilms and other commissioned programs for TV both in India and abroad. Over the past decade, she has been totally involved in mainstream commercial televi­sion production; as Creative Head of at least a dozen TV shows for leading Entertainment channels like STAR, Zee, ETV and Colors. She has also been creative/script consul­tant on a number of web series projects. She has many years of experience of mentoring aspiring TV professionals training recruits and interns ‘on – the – job’. Moreover, she has been guest lecturer and has conducted script / direc­tion workshops in media schools and institutions.