Mira Nair
Born: 1957-10-15 in Rourkela, Orissa, India
Known For: Directing
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 Wikipedia.
Filmography
2024
- The Many Miracles of Household Saints as Self
- Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior as Self - director
2022
- National Treasure: Edge of History ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- A Suitable Boy ... (Director)
2019
- This Changes Everything as Self
2016
- Queen of Katwe ... (Director)
- The 4%: Film's Gender Problem as Self
- Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses as Self
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight ... (Director)
- Restoring the Apu Trilogy as Self
2014
- Words with Gods ... (Director)
2013
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist ... (Director)
- Femme as Self
2011
- Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded as Herself
- Solace in the Dark as Self
2009
- Amelia ... (Director)
2008
- New York, I Love You ... (Director)
- 8 ... (Director)
- Migration ... (Director)
- How Can It Be ... (Director)
2007
- Lights, Action, Music as Self
- Positive ... (Executive Producer)
2006
- The Namesake ... (Director)
2004
- Koffee with Karan as Self
- Vanity Fair ... (Director)
- Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers as Self
2002
- September 11 ... (Director)
- Hysterical Blindness ... (Director)
- 11’09”01—September 11: India ... (Director)
2001
- Monsoon Wedding ... (Director)
- Bollywood Calling as Mira
- The Laughing Club of India ... (Director)
1998
1997
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love ... (Writer)
1995
- The Perez Family as Woman buying Flowers
1993
- The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat ... (Director)
1991
- Mississippi Masala as Gossip Aunty #1
1988
- Salaam Bombay! ... (Director)
1985
- India Cabaret as Interviewer
1983
- So Far from India as Interviewer/Narrator
1979
- Jama Masjid Street Journal ... (Director)