Mira Nair

Directing·Oct 15, 1957·Rourkela, Orissa, India

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

Film	Credit
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior2024 · Self - director	Self - director
The Many Miracles of Household Saints2024 · Self	Self
This Changes Everything2019 · Self	Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017 · Self	Self
Queen of Katwe2016 · Director	Director
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses2016 · Self	Self
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem2016 · Self	Self
Restoring the Apu Trilogy2015 · Self	Self
A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Words with Gods2014 · Director	Director
Femme2013 · Self	Self
The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · Director	Director
Solace in the Dark2011 · Self	Self
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded2011 · Herself	Herself
Amelia2009 · Director	Director
82008 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
How Can It Be2008 · Director	Director
New York, I Love You2008 · Director	Director
Migration2008 · Director	Director
Lights, Action, Music2007 · Self	Self
The Namesake2006 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Vanity Fair2004 · Director	Director
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers2004 · Self	Self
11’09”01—September 11: India2002 · Director	Director
September 112002 · Director	Director
Hysterical Blindness2002 · Director	Director
Bollywood Calling2001 · Mira	Mira
The Laughing Club of India2001 · Director	Director
Monsoon Wedding2001 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
My Own Country1998 · Actor, Director, Producer	Actor, Director, Producer
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love1997 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
The Perez Family1995 · Woman Buying Flowers, Director	Woman Buying Flowers, Director
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat1993 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Mississippi Masala1991 · Gossip Aunty #1, Director, Producer	Gossip Aunty #1, Director, Producer
Salaam Bombay!1988 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
India Cabaret1985 · Interviewer, Director	Interviewer, Director
So Far from India1983 · Interviewer/Narrator, Director, Producer	Interviewer/Narrator, Director, Producer
Jama Masjid Street Journal1979 · Director	Director
AAmriDirector, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer