- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 15, 1957
- Place of Birth
- Rourkela, Orissa, India
Mira Nair
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…
Filmography
movieUma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior
2024 · Self - director
movieThe Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024 · Self
tvNational Treasure: Edge of History
2022 · Director, Executive Producer
tvA Suitable Boy
2020 · Director
movieThis Changes Everything
2019 · Self
movieWater and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017 · Self
movieQueen of Katwe
2016 · Director
movieLes réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
2016 · Self
movieThe 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016 · Self
movieRestoring the Apu Trilogy
2015 · Self
movieA Fork, a Spoon & a Knight
2015 · Director, Writer
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
movieWords with Gods
2014 · Director
movieFemme
2013 · Self
movieThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · Director
movieSolace in the Dark
2011 · Self
movieSlaying the Dragon: Reloaded
2011 · Herself
movieAmelia
2009 · Director
movie8
2008 · Director, Producer
movieHow Can It Be
2008 · Director
movieNew York, I Love You
2008 · Director
movieMigration
2008 · Director, Executive Producer
Positive
moviePositive
2007 · Executive Producer
movieLights, Action, Music
2007 · Self
movieThe Namesake
2006 · Director, Producer
tvKoffee with Karan
2004 · Self
movieVanity Fair
2004 · Director
movieFive Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004 · Self
movie11’09”01—September 11: India
2002 · Director
movieSeptember 11
2002 · Director
movieHysterical Blindness
2002 · Director
movieBollywood Calling
2001 · Mira
movieThe Laughing Club of India
2001 · Director
movieMonsoon Wedding
2001 · Director, Producer
movieMy Own Country
1998 · , Director, Producer
movieKama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieThe Perez Family
1995 · Woman Buying Flowers, Director
movieThe Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1993 · Director, Writer
movieMississippi Masala
1991 · Gossip Aunty #1, Director, Producer
movieSalaam Bombay!
1988 · Director, Story, Producer
movieIndia Cabaret
1985 · Interviewer, Director
movieSo Far from India
1983 · Interviewer/Narrator, Director, Producer
movieJama Masjid Street Journal
1979 · Director
Amri
movieAmri
— · Director, Producer, Writer