Biography
Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957) is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.
She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! (1988), won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She used the proceeds of the film, to establish an organization for street children, called the Salaam Baalak Trust in India. She often works with longtime creative collaborator, screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala, whom she met at Harvard.
She has won a number of awards, including a National Film Award and various international film festival awards, and was a nominee at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards and Filmfare Awards. She was also awarded the India Abroad Person of the Year-2007, which was presented by Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo, Inc, and India Abroad Person of the Year-2006.
Her most recent films included Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon, The Namesake, and Amelia.
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Filmography
all 44
Movies 39
Director 26
self 11
TV Shows 5
Producer 3
Narrator 1
National Treasure: Edge of History (2022)
A Suitable Boy (2020)
This Changes Everything (2019)
Queen of Katwe (2016)
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2016)
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses (2016)
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016)
Restoring the Apu Trilogy (2015)
A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Words with Gods (2014)
Femme (2013)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
Solace in the Dark (2011)
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded (2011)
Amelia (2009)
8 (2008)
How Can It Be (2008)
New York, I Love You (2008)
Migration (2008)
Positive (2007)
Lights, Action, Music (2007)
Discovery Atlas (2006)
The Namesake (2006)
Koffee with Karan (2004)
Vanity Fair (2004)
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers (2004)
September 11 - India (2002)
11'09''01 September 11 (2002)
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
Bollywood Calling (2001)
The Laughing Club of India (2001)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
My Own Country (1998)
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
The Perez Family (1995)
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
India Cabaret (1985)
So Far from India (1983)
Jama Masjid Street Journal (1979)
The Many Miracles Of Household Saints
The Bengali Detective
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1957-10-15 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceRourkela, India
ReligionHinduism
SpouseMahmood Mamdani
ChildrenZohran Kwame Mamdani
CitizenshipsIndia
ResidencesNew York City, United States of America
AwardsPadma Bhushan, Caméra d'Or, Golden Lion
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