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Payal Kapadia (b. 1986)

Alias:
Паял Кападия

Birthplace:
Mumbai, India

Born:
January 1, 1986

Biography from TheMovieDB

Payal Kapadia (born 1986; Mumbai) is an Indian filmmaker. She is best known for having won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for her film A Night of Knowing Nothing. In 2017, her film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film that was selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival.  Born in Mumbai, Kapadia went to Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. She got a Bachelor's degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She did a one-year Master's degree from Sophia college. She then went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt.

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Director:
2012  Weapons of Mass Destruction
2014  Memory Of Being Here
2014  Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
2015  The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
2017  Afternoon Clouds
2018  And What Is the Summer Saying
2021  Between Day & Night
2022  A Night of Knowing Nothing
2024  All We Imagine as Light

Editor:
2012  Weapons of Mass Destruction
2014  Memory Of Being Here
2014  Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
2015  The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
2017  Afternoon Clouds
2018  And What Is the Summer Saying
2021  Between Day & Night
2022  A Night of Knowing Nothing
2024  All We Imagine as Light

Writer:
2012  Weapons of Mass Destruction
2014  Memory Of Being Here
2014  Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
2015  The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
2017  Afternoon Clouds
2018  And What Is the Summer Saying
2021  Between Day & Night
2022  A Night of Knowing Nothing
2024  All We Imagine as Light

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