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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 45
Movies 40
Director 25
self 14
TV Shows 5
Producer 4
Narrator 1
National Treasure: Edge of History (2022)
A Suitable Boy (2020)
Queen of Katwe (2016)
Words with Gods (2014)
Amelia (2009)
8 (2008)
How Can It Be (2008)
New York, I Love You (2008)
Migration (2008)
Positive (2007)
Discovery Atlas (2006)
The Namesake (2006)
Vanity Fair (2004)
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
My Own Country (1998)
The Perez Family (1995)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
India Cabaret (1985)
So Far from India (1983)
The Bengali Detective
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1957-10-15 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceRourkela, India
ReligionHinduism
SpouseMahmood Mamdani
ChildrenZohran Mamdani
CitizenshipsIndia
ResidencesNew York City, United States
AwardsCaméra d'Or, Golden Lion, Padma Bhushan
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