
Mira Nair
Biography
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 wo…
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Filmography
Acting (20)
Movies (18)
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024as Self
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior
2024as Self - director
This Changes Everything
2019as Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017as Self
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
2016as Self
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016as Self
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
2015as Self
Femme
2013as Self
Solace in the Dark
2011as Self
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded
2011as Herself
Lights, Action, Music
2007as Self
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004as Self
Bollywood Calling
2001as Mira
My Own Country
1998
The Perez Family
1995as Woman buying Flowers
Mississippi Masala
1991as Gossip Aunty #1
India Cabaret
1985as Interviewer
So Far from India
1983as Interviewer/Narrator
Crew (43)
Movies (40)
Queen of Katwe
2016Director
A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight
2015Director
Words with Gods
2014Director
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013Director
Amelia
2009Director
New York, I Love You
2008Director
8
2008Director
8
2008Producer
Migration
2008Director
Migration
2008Executive Producer
How Can It Be
2008Director
Positive
2007Executive Producer
The Namesake
2006Director
The Namesake
2006Producer
Vanity Fair
2004Director
September 11
2002Director
Hysterical Blindness
2002Director
11’09”01—September 11: India
2002Director
Monsoon Wedding
2001Director
Monsoon Wedding
2001Producer
The Laughing Club of India
2001Director
My Own Country
1998Director
My Own Country
1998Producer
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997Director
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997Producer
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997Writer
The Perez Family
1995Director
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1993Director
Mississippi Masala
1991Director
Mississippi Masala
1991Producer
Salaam Bombay!
1988Director
Salaam Bombay!
1988Producer
Salaam Bombay!
1988Story
India Cabaret
1985Director
So Far from India
1983Director
So Far from India
1983Producer
Jama Masjid Street Journal
1979Director
Amri
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Producer
Amri
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