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Mira Nair

Mira Nair

Director · Born 1957-10-15 · Rourkela, Orissa, India

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Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mira Nair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on…

Directed

  1. New York, I Love You (2008) — Director
  2. Queen of Katwe (2016) — Director
  3. Vanity Fair (2004) — Director
  4. Amelia (2009) — Director
  5. National Treasure: Edge of History (2022) — Director
  6. The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) — Director
  7. Monsoon Wedding (2001) — Director
  8. The Namesake (2006) — Director
  9. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1997) — Director
  10. Salaam Bombay! (1988) — Director
  11. September 11 (2002) — Director
  12. Mississippi Masala (1991) — Director
  13. The Perez Family (1995) — Director
  14. Hysterical Blindness (2002) — Director
  15. A Suitable Boy (2020) — Director
  16. 8 (2008) — Director
  17. India Cabaret (1985) — Director
  18. Words with Gods (2014) — Director
  19. My Own Country (1998) — Director
  20. So Far from India (1983) — Director
  21. The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993) — Director
  22. Migration (2008) — Director
  23. The Laughing Club of India (2001) — Director
  24. 11’09”01—September 11: India (2002) — Director
  25. Jama Masjid Street Journal (1979) — Director
  26. A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight (2015) — Director
  27. How Can It Be (2008) — Director
  28. Amri — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Mississippi Masala (1991) — Gossip Aunty #1
  2. The Perez Family (1995) — Woman Buying Flowers
  3. This Changes Everything (2019) — Self
  4. Koffee with Karan (2004) — Self
  5. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  6. India Cabaret (1985) — Interviewer
  7. Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior (2024) — Self - director
  8. My Own Country (1998)
  9. Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017) — Self
  10. So Far from India (1983) — Interviewer/Narrator
  11. Bollywood Calling (2001) — Mira
  12. The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016) — Self
  13. The Many Miracles of Household Saints (2024) — Self
  14. Femme (2013) — Self
  15. Lights, Action, Music (2007) — Self
  16. Restoring the Apu Trilogy (2015) — Self
  17. Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers (2004) — Self
  18. Solace in the Dark (2011) — Self
  19. Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses (2016) — Self
  20. Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded (2011) — Herself