Mira Nair
Age: 67 | From: Rourkela, Orissa, India
Person Details
Birthday: 1957-10-15 00:54:52
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Rourkela, Orissa, India
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 47
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mira Nair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Most Famous Work
National Treasure: Edge of History
(2022) Executive Producer
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
(1996) Writer
Queen of Katwe
(2016) Director
The Namesake
(2006) Producer
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
(2013) Director
Vanity Fair
(2004) Director
New York, I Love You
(2008) Director
Amelia
(2009) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Self | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| 2011 | Self | |
| Herself | ||
| 2007 | N/A | |
| 2004 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Mira | |
| 1995 | Woman buying Flowers | |
| as herself | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| 2008 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 2006 | Director | |
| 2004 | Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 2001 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1998 | Director | |
| 1996 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1983 | Director | |
| 1979 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| 2008 | Executive Producer | |
| 2007 | Executive Producer | |
| 2006 | Producer | |
| 2001 | Producer | |
| 1998 | Producer | |
| 1996 | Producer | |
| 1988 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Writer | |
| 1996 | Writer | |
| 1993 | Writer | |
| 1988 | Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |