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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
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1957-10-15
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.3
- info Birth Place Rourkela, Orissa, India
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Mira Nair
3.5
Bollywood Calling
2001-11-23
10
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024-01-06
6.1
India Cabaret
1985-01-02
6.4
Mississippi Masala
1991-09-18
7
Femme
2013-09-21
3.3
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016-03-08
5.2
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life
2016-09-11
0
Solace in the Dark
2011-09-11
6.4
The Perez Family
1995-05-12
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Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
2016-07-18
6.2
This Changes Everything
2019-06-28
7
Lights, Action, Music
2007-08-06
8
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
2015-11-17
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Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded
2011-03-12
10
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004-08-01
7.3
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior
2024-08-25
5.7
Koffee with Karan
2004-11-19
5.8
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02
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5.8
Monsoon Wedding
2001-08-30
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Monsoon Wedding
2001-08-30
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11’09”01—September 11
2002-09-04
5.8
Vanity Fair
2004-09-01
5.8
Amelia
2009-10-22
5.8
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997-02-28
5.8
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997-02-28
5.8
Mississippi Masala
1991-09-18
5.8
The Perez Family
1995-05-12
5.8
The Namesake
2006-09-02
5.8
Hysterical Blindness
2002-01-16
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Salaam Bombay!
1988-08-24
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8
2008-10-23
5.8
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013-04-24
5.8
My Own Country
1998-07-12
5.8
My Own Country
1998-07-12
5.8
So Far from India
1983-09-12
5.8
India Cabaret
1985-01-02
5.8
The Laughing Club of India
2001-10-06
5.8
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1993-04-10
5.8
Migration
2008-03-07
5.8
Words with Gods
2014-11-20
5.8
A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
2015-10-20
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A Fork, A Spoon & A Knight
2015-10-20
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The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
1993-04-10
5.8
Queen of Katwe
2016-09-23
5.8
New York, I Love You
2008-09-06
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Salaam Bombay!
1988-08-24
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Salaam Bombay!
1988-08-24
5.8
The Namesake
2006-09-02
5.8
Mississippi Masala
1991-09-18
5.8
8
2008-10-23
5.8
How Can It Be
2008-10-03
5.8
Migration
2008-03-07
5.8
11’09”01—September 11: India
2002-09-11
5.8
The Bengali Detective
5.8
Positive
2007-09-08
5.8
Jama Masjid Street Journal
1979-01-02
5.8
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997-02-28
5.8
A Suitable Boy
2020-07-26
5.8
National Treasure: Edge of History
2022-12-14
5.8
National Treasure: Edge of History
2022-12-14