Jayathirtha B. V. (born May 8th, 1977) is an Indian theater activist, production designer and filmmaker. Jayathirtha was born and brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka. A high school dropout due to financial constraints, he started working as a salesman at 17 and took up theater as a past time. He trained at Abhinayataranga under the renowned theatre personality A. S. Murthy and later became a teacher in the same institution. He is known for his movies Olave Mandara, Tony, Beautiful Manasugalu, and Bell Bottom. He also known for his work as a director and play writer. In 2007, he directed a short film called Hasivu (Hunger). The movie won Best Indian Short Film award at Cinerail Film Festival, Paris