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 works with longtime creative collaborator, screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala, whom she met at Harvard. Nair 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. Nair is married to political scientist Mahmood Mamdani. Their son, Zohran Mamdani, is Mayor of New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mira Nair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances
Bollywood Calling
as Mira
2001
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
as Self
2024
India Cabaret
as Interviewer
1985
Mississippi Masala
as Gossip Aunty #1
1991
Femme
as Self
2013
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
as Self
2016
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017
Solace in the Dark
as Self
2011
The Perez Family
as Woman buying Flowers
1995
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
as Self
2016
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019
Lights, Action, Music
as Self
2007
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
as Self
2015
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded
as Herself
2011
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
as Self
2004
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior
as Self - director
2024
My Own Country
1998
So Far from India
as Interviewer/Narrator
1983
