Mira Nair
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.
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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.
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Known for
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
National Treasure: Edge of History
A Suitable Boy
This Changes Everything
Queen of Katwe
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Words with Gods
Femme
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Solace in the Dark
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded
Amelia
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How Can It Be
New York, I Love You
Migration
Lights, Action, Music
The Namesake
Koffee with Karan
Vanity Fair
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
September 11 - India
11'09''01 September 11
Hysterical Blindness
Bollywood Calling
The Laughing Club of India
Monsoon Wedding
My Own Country
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
The Perez Family
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
Mississippi Masala
Salaam Bombay!
India Cabaret
So Far from India