Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur (born 25 August 1969) is an Indian filmmaker, producer, film archivist and restorer.

[14] Film Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Mumbai which is dedicated to supporting the conservation, preservation and restoration of the moving image and to developing interdisciplinary programs to create awareness about the language of cinema.

He is a supporting member of the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, Italy, along with the legendary Pathé film company.

In 2018, Dungarpur was invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to speak about his efforts in preserving India's cinematic heritage, which was followed by a screening of his documentary Celluloid Man.

[23] Dungarpur's second documentary, The Immortals was completed in August 2015 and premiered at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in October.

He also produced a five-episode serial for Doordarshan based on the classic novel Bhoole Bisre Chitra written by Shri Bhagwati Charan Verma.

In 2010, Dungarpur was approached by Martin Scorsese's organization World Cinema Project, which was interested in restoring the 1948 classic Kalpana directed by Uday Shankar.

[40][3] In 2013, he collaborated with the World Cinema Foundation again for the restoration of the 1972 Sinhalese film "Nidhanaya" directed by eminent Sri Lankan filmmaker Dr. Lester James Peries.

[41][42][43] In 2023, he joined the main jury of the 19th Play-Doc festival, an event with a strong focus on promotion of less-known nonfiction film heritage of Galicia.

On June 14, 2024, the postal Special Cover was unveiled in a ceremony held at the General Post Office in Mumbai.

[50] Shivendra's essay "Magic of Celluloid" has been published in the book "From Darkness into Light – Perspectives on Film Preservation and Restoration" edited by Rajesh Devraj.

[51] Shivendra Singh Dungarpur was among twenty film scholars, archivists and historians from different countries invited to contribute an essay to a landmark publication titled “Keeping Memories: Cinema and Archiving in Asia-Pacific” edited by Nick Deocampo and published by the Southeast Asia Pacific Audio-visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA), Film Development Council of the Philippines, Vietnam Film Institute, through Ateneo University Press.

[52][53] He has written for several publications and newspapers including IIC Quarterly Journal, The Telegraph, The Hindu and The Tribune.