People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior as Self | 2024-08-25 |
The Many Miracles of Household Saints as Self | 2024-01-06 |
This Changes Everything as Self | 2019-06-28 |
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life as Self | 2016-09-11 |
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses as Self | 2016-07-18 |
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem as Self | 2016-03-08 |
Restoring the Apu Trilogy as Self | 2015-11-17 |
Femme as Self | 2013-09-21 |
Solace in the Dark as Self | 2011-09-11 |
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded as Herself | 2011-03-12 |
Lights, Action, Music as Self | 2007-08-06 |
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers as Self | 2004-08-01 |
Bollywood Calling as Mira | 2001-11-23 |
The Perez Family as Woman buying Flowers | 1995-05-12 |
Mississippi Masala as Gossip Aunty #1 | 1991-09-18 |
India Cabaret as Interviewer | 1985-01-02 |