Mira Nair
Directing
Born 1957-10-15
Rourkela, Orissa, India
44 credits
Padma Bhushan 1
Dorothy Arzner Directors Award 1
Golden Lion 1
Awards
Won 1 Padma Bhushan Award
Padma Bhushan 1 won
- — Padma Bhushan Won
Dorothy Arzner Directors Award 1 won
- 2017 Dorothy Arzner Directors Award Won
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 1 nominated
- 2001 Best Non-European Film Nominated Monsoon Wedding
Golden Lion 1 won
- 2001 Golden Lion Won
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Mira Nair (born 15 October 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, 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. Nair used the proceeds to establish an organisation 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.
Nair 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.
Nair is married to political scientist Mahmood Mamdani. Their son, Zohran Mamdani, is Mayor of New York City.
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Filmography
Directing
28 credits
National Treasure: Edge of History
New York, I Love You
Queen of Katwe
Vanity Fair
A Suitable Boy
Amelia
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Namesake
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Monsoon Wedding
Mississippi Masala
The Perez Family
Amri
Salaam Bombay!
India Cabaret
September 11
Hysterical Blindness
8
Words with Gods
11’09”01—September 11: India
My Own Country
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
So Far from India
Migration
The Laughing Club of India
Jama Masjid Street Journal
A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight
How Can It Be
Acting
19 credits
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Koffee with Karan
This Changes Everything
Mississippi Masala
The Perez Family
India Cabaret
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
Femme
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior
Solace in the Dark
So Far from India
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
Bollywood Calling
Lights, Action, Music
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
Producing
12 credits
National Treasure: Edge of History
The Namesake
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Monsoon Wedding
Mississippi Masala
Amri
Salaam Bombay!
8
My Own Country
So Far from India
Migration
Positive
Writing
5 credits
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Amri
Salaam Bombay!
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight
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