Zoya Akhtar
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 14, 1972
- Birthplace
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Born to to poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, where she assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before turning writer-director in her own right. She achieved her breakthrough with the comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Director. She has since directed the comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), segments in the anthology films Lust Stories (2018) and Ghost Stories (2020), and the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), which won her a second Filmfare Award for Best Director.
Filmography
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2 TBA
Director, Writer
- Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project
Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project TBA
Director, Writer, Producer
Jee Le Zaraa TBA
Writer, Producer
Shape of Momo 2026
Executive Producer
Superboys of Malegaon 2025
Producer
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan 2023
Writer, Producer
The Archies 2023
Producer, Director, Screenplay, Story, Lyricist
Ghost Stories 2020
Director, Story, Screenplay
Gully Boy 2019
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Lust Stories 2018
Director
Dil Dhadakne Do 2015
Director, Story, Screenplay
Words with Gods 2014
Screenplay
Bombay Talkies 2013
Director, Screenplay
Talaash 2012
Story, Screenplay
Making of Talaash 2012
as Self
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2011
Story, Director, Writer
Luck by Chance 2009
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Story
Migration 2008
Screenplay
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. 2007
Executive Producer
Lakshya 2004
First Assistant Director, Executive Producer
Dil Chahta Hai 2001
Casting Director, Assistant Director
Bombay Boys 1998
Assistant Director
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love 1997
as Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Credits from TMDB.