Mira Nair
Biography
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. Mira Nair is married to political scientist Mahmood Mamdani. They have a son, Zohran Mamdani, who is the mayor-elect of New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mira Nair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Personal Details
Movies (39)
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior
as Self - director
2024
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
as Self
2024
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017
Queen of Katwe
Director (Directing)
2016
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
as Self
2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
as Self
2016
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
as Self
2015
A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight
Director (Directing)
2015
Words with Gods
Director (Directing)
2014
Femme
as Self
2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Director (Directing)
2013
Solace in the Dark
as Self
2011
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded
as Herself
2011
Amelia
Director (Directing)
2009
8
Director (Directing)
2008
How Can It Be
Director (Directing)
2008
New York, I Love You
Director (Directing)
2008
Migration
Director (Directing)
2008
Positive
Executive Producer (Production)
2007
Lights, Action, Music
as Self
2007
The Namesake
Director (Directing)
2006
Vanity Fair
Director (Directing)
2004
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
as Self
2004
11’09”01—September 11: India
Director (Directing)
2002
September 11
Director (Directing)
2002
Hysterical Blindness
Director (Directing)
2002
Bollywood Calling
as Mira
2001
The Laughing Club of India
Director (Directing)
2001
Monsoon Wedding
Director (Directing)
2001
My Own Country
1998
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Director (Directing)
1997
The Perez Family
as Woman buying Flowers
1995
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
Director (Directing)
1993
Mississippi Masala
as Gossip Aunty #1
1991
Salaam Bombay!
Director (Directing)
1988
India Cabaret
as Interviewer
1985
So Far from India
Director (Directing)
1983
Jama Masjid Street Journal
Director (Directing)
1979
