Mira Nair

Personal Info

Birthday

October 15, 1957

(67 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.

Known For

Mississippi Masala

The Perez Family

Bollywood Calling

India Cabaret

Filmography

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