Khalid Mahmood Mithu

Khalid Mahmood Mithu (1960 – March 7, 2016) was a Bangladeshi film director and painter. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for his direction of the film Gohine Shobdo (2010).

Mithu was born in Dhaka in 1960. His mother Begum Momtaz Hossain Mithu was a scriptwiter. He was the nephew of the film director Alamgir Kabir.

Mithu completed his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka in 1986. He directed his play Dhusor Album in 1993. In 2010, he directed the film Gohine Shobdo which earned him the national film award. His second film Jonakir Alo was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014, but was not nominated.

Mithu was also a painter. By 2004, his work had been featured in 11 solo exhibitions.

Mithu was married to painter Kanak Chanpa Chakma. Together they had one son, Arjo Srestha and one daughter, Shiropa Purna.

Mithu was killed by a falling tree on March 7, 2016 in Dhanmondi Thana, Dhaka.