Mira Nair

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

19

Gender

Female

Birthday

1957-10-15 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Rourkela, Orissa, India

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 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. Mira Nair is married to political scientist Mahmood Mamdani. They have a son, Zohran Mamdani, who is the Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mira Nair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Koffee with Karan

    Koffee with Karan

  • Mississippi Masala

    Mississippi Masala

  • Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior

    Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior

  • Les réalisatrices contemporaines:  l'état des choses

    Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses

  • Lights, Action, Music

    Lights, Action, Music

  • This Changes Everything

    This Changes Everything

  • Bollywood Calling

    Bollywood Calling

  • The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

    The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

  • My Own Country

    My Own Country

  • Femme

    Femme

  • The Many Miracles of Household Saints

    The Many Miracles of Household Saints

  • The Perez Family

    The Perez Family

  • Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

  • Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

    Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

  • Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded

    Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded

  • India Cabaret

    India Cabaret

  • Solace in the Dark

    Solace in the Dark

  • Restoring the Apu Trilogy

    Restoring the Apu Trilogy