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Deepa Mehta
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1950 (75 years)
Deepa Mehta, LLD (born 1 January 1950 in Amritsar, Punjab, India) is a Genie Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her repertoire includes Bollywood/Hollywood and the adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight’s Children. Born in India, she migrated to Canada after studying philosophy at the University of New Delhi. Initially focusing on documentaries, she's received numerous awards, honorary degrees, and prestigious honours like the Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award and the Order of Canada for her groundbreaking work in film. Recognized for challenging norms, Mehta’s films are revered for their daring and provocative nature, earning her distinctions like the Best Canadian Director by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle in 2006. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996.
Known For
Deepa Mehta Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2021 | Yellowjackets (TV Series) |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Little America (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Leila (TV Series) |
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| 2015 | |
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| 2002 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (TV Series) |
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| 1994 | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) |
| 1991 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1983 | Danger Bay (TV Series) |
| 2020 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Beeba Boys · as Screenplay |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2005 | Water · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | The Republic of Love · as Screenplay |
| 2002 | |
| 1998 | Earth · as Screenplay |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | One of a Kind · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | To Kill a Tiger · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Donkeyhead · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2012 | Midnight's Children · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Cooking with Stella · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Heaven on Earth · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | The Forgotten Woman · as Executive Producer |
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| 1996 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1988 |
| 2025 | CBC News Special: Canada Day 2025 · as Self |
| 2025 | Canada's Walk of Fame 2025 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | Here & Queer (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Endless Cinema · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2012 | Deepa Mehta, in Profile · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | I Am Sirat · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | Leila (TV Series) · as Creative Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Leila (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 2012 | Midnight's Children · as Co-Writer |
| 1996 | Fire · as Story |