
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 mayor-elect of New York City.
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Acting History
2024
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior as Self - director
2024The Many Miracles of Household Saints as Self
2019This Changes Everything as Self
2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life as Self
2016Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses as Self
2016The 4%: Film's Gender Problem as Self
2015Restoring the Apu Trilogy as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2013Femme as Self
2011Solace in the Dark as Self
2011Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded as Herself
2007Lights, Action, Music as Self
2004Koffee with Karan as Self
2004Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers as Self
2001Bollywood Calling as Mira
1998My Own Country
1995The Perez Family as Woman buying Flowers
1991Mississippi Masala as Gossip Aunty #1
1985India Cabaret as Interviewer









