Biography
Payal Kapadia (born 1986; Mumbai) is an Indian filmmaker. She is best known for having won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for her film A Night of Knowing Nothing. In 2017, her film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film that was selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
Born in Mumbai, Kapadia went to Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. She got a Bachelor's degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She did a one-year Master's degree from Sophia college. She then went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt.
Filmography
all 9
Movies 9
Director 9
Director / Writer
All We Imagine as Light (2024)
Movie
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Director / Writer
A Night of Knowing Nothing (2022)
Movie
Director / Writer
Between Day and Night (2021)
Movie
Director
Afternoon Clouds (2017)
Movie
Director
Memory Of Being Here (2014)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1986-01-01 (39 years old)
Birth PlaceMumbai, India
MotherNalini Malani
CitizenshipsIndia
Also Known AsПаял Кападия
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