A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Rourkela, Orissa, India
Born:
October 15, 1957
Mira Nair (born October 15, 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 film, 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. She used the proceeds of the film, to establish an organization 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. She 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. Her most recent films included Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon, The Namesake, and Amelia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mira Nair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Director:
1979 Jama Masjid Street Journal
1983 So Far from India
1985 India Cabaret
1988 Salaam Bombay!
1991 Mississippi Masala
1993 The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1995 The Perez Family
1996 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1998 My Own Country
2001 Monsoon Wedding
2001 The Laughing Club of India
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Hysterical Blindness
2002 September 11 - India
2004 Vanity Fair
2006 The Namesake
2008 8
2008 How Can It Be
2008 Migration
2008 New York, I Love You
2009 Amelia
2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2014 Words with Gods
2015 A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
2016 Queen of Katwe
???? The Bengali Detective
Executive Producer:
1979 Jama Masjid Street Journal
1983 So Far from India
1985 India Cabaret
1988 Salaam Bombay!
1991 Mississippi Masala
1993 The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1995 The Perez Family
1996 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1998 My Own Country
2001 Monsoon Wedding
2001 The Laughing Club of India
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Hysterical Blindness
2002 September 11 - India
2004 Vanity Fair
2006 The Namesake
2007 Positive
2008 8
2008 How Can It Be
2008 Migration
2008 New York, I Love You
2009 Amelia
2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2014 Words with Gods
2015 A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
2016 Queen of Katwe
???? The Bengali Detective
Producer:
1979 Jama Masjid Street Journal
1983 So Far from India
1985 India Cabaret
1988 Salaam Bombay!
1991 Mississippi Masala
1993 The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1995 The Perez Family
1996 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1998 My Own Country
2001 Monsoon Wedding
2001 The Laughing Club of India
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Hysterical Blindness
2002 September 11 - India
2004 Vanity Fair
2006 The Namesake
2007 Positive
2008 8
2008 How Can It Be
2008 Migration
2008 New York, I Love You
2009 Amelia
2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2014 Words with Gods
2015 A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
2016 Queen of Katwe
???? The Bengali Detective
Story:
1979 Jama Masjid Street Journal
1983 So Far from India
1985 India Cabaret
1988 Salaam Bombay!
1991 Mississippi Masala
1993 The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1995 The Perez Family
1996 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1998 My Own Country
2001 Monsoon Wedding
2001 The Laughing Club of India
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Hysterical Blindness
2002 September 11 - India
2004 Vanity Fair
2006 The Namesake
2007 Positive
2008 8
2008 How Can It Be
2008 Migration
2008 New York, I Love You
2009 Amelia
2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2014 Words with Gods
2015 A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
2016 Queen of Katwe
???? The Bengali Detective
Writer:
1979 Jama Masjid Street Journal
1983 So Far from India
1985 India Cabaret
1988 Salaam Bombay!
1991 Mississippi Masala
1993 The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1995 The Perez Family
1996 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1998 My Own Country
2001 Monsoon Wedding
2001 The Laughing Club of India
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Hysterical Blindness
2002 September 11 - India
2004 Vanity Fair
2006 The Namesake
2007 Positive
2008 8
2008 How Can It Be
2008 Migration
2008 New York, I Love You
2009 Amelia
2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2014 Words with Gods
2015 A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
2016 Queen of Katwe
???? The Bengali Detective
Director:
2020 A Suitable Boy
2022 National Treasure: Edge of History
Executive Producer:
2020 A Suitable Boy
2022 National Treasure: Edge of History
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