Mira Nair
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 15, 1957
- Birthplace
- Rourkela, Orissa, India
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
- Amri
Amri TBA
Director, Producer, Writer
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior 2024
as Self - director
The Many Miracles of Household Saints 2024
as Self
This Changes Everything 2019
as Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life 2017
as Self
Queen of Katwe 2016
Director
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses 2016
as Self
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem 2016
as Self
Restoring the Apu Trilogy 2015
as Self
A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight 2015
Director, Writer
Words with Gods 2014
Director
Femme 2013
as Self
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2013
Director
Solace in the Dark 2011
as Self
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded 2011
as Herself
Amelia 2009
Director
8 2008
Director, Producer
How Can It Be 2008
Director
New York, I Love You 2008
Director
Migration 2008
Director, Executive Producer
- Positive
Positive 2007
Executive Producer
Lights, Action, Music 2007
as Self
The Namesake 2007
Director, Producer
Vanity Fair 2004
Director
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers 2004
as Self
11’09”01—September 11: India 2002
Director
September 11 2002
Director
Hysterical Blindness 2002
Director
Bollywood Calling 2001
as Mira
The Laughing Club of India 2001
Director
Monsoon Wedding 2001
Director, Producer
My Own Country 1998
as Saryu Joshi, Director, Producer
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love 1997
Writer, Director, Producer
The Perez Family 1995
as Woman Buying Flowers, Director
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat 1993
Director, Writer
Mississippi Masala 1991
as Gossip Aunty #1, Director, Producer
Salaam Bombay! 1988
Director, Story, Producer
India Cabaret 1985
as Interviewer, Director
So Far from India 1983
as Interviewer/Narrator, Director, Producer
Jama Masjid Street Journal 1979
Director
Credits from TMDB.