Greenleaf Street Productions LLC

Rod Mitchell

After a ten-year career in technology, in positions ranging from corporate sales manager to technology consultant, Rod decided he needed a change: “It wasn’t just about creativity, I wanted to do something more people oriented, which had a positive effect on society.”

After UCLA film school and various internships, he developed a successful industrial film company, “Face of Your Business”, and launched his first, highly successful PBS documentary “Two Rivers” for PBS, the first of several award-winning broadcast documentaries. He’s currently developing a new feature documentary project, “Idaho: From the Heart”.

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Rod Mitchell
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818-363-1477

 
 

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Whites and Natives in the 1800’s:

History Programming Is a significant portion of all documentary programming, and is a particular passion of Rod’s. More than half of “Two Rivers” covers the history of white and Northwest Native American relations during the 1800’s.

It was a delightful project, and brought to light interesting and fascinating information. Not many people know for example, of the cordial and receptive attitude towards whites by Natives in the Northwest - Until manifest destiny and white racism began dominating life here at the turn of the century.

This link connects to a portfolio of clips from several history sequences Rod wrote, produced, and directed, which demonstrate his ability to research and present information accurately, and produce effective and memorable dramatizations of historic material.