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Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta

Director · Born 1950-01-01 · Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Biography

Deepa Mehta, LLD (born 1 January 1950 in Amritsar, Punjab, India) is a Genie Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her repertoire includes Bollywood/Hollywood and the adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight’s Children. Born in India, she migrated to Canada after studying philosophy at the University of New Delhi. Initially focusing on documentaries, she's received numerous awards, honorary degrees, and prestigious honours like the Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award and the Order of Canada for her groundbreaking work in film. Recognized for challenging norms, Mehta’s films are revered for their daring and provocative nature, earning her distinctions like the Best Canadian Director by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle in 2006. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996.

Directed

  1. Yellowjackets (2021) — Director
  2. Water (2005) — Director
  3. Little America (2020) — Director
  4. Fire (1997) — Director
  5. Midnight's Children (2012) — Director
  6. Earth (1998) — Director
  7. Bollywood/Hollywood (2002) — Director
  8. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996) — Director
  9. Leila (2019) — Director
  10. Camilla (1994) — Director
  11. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance (2000) — Director
  12. The Republic Of Love (2004) — Director
  13. Beeba Boys (2015) — Director
  14. Funny Boy (2020) — Director
  15. Danger Bay (1985) — Director
  16. Heaven on Earth (2008) — Director
  17. Anatomy of Violence (2016) — Director
  18. Sam & Me (1991) — Director
  19. Martha, Ruth & Edie (1988) — Director
  20. I Am Sirat (2023) — Director
  21. Troilokya — Director
  22. Sher — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema (2000) — Self
  2. For the Record (1976)
  3. Deepa Mehta, in Profile (2012) — Self
  4. Vocation (2013) — Self