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Deepa Mehta

Directeur, Scénariste, Producteur, Acteur, Distribution supplémentaireBorn January 1, 1950 (76 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.

Films & Séries sur Plex

  • La république de l'amour
  • Sam & Me

Connue pour

  • Water
  • Leila
  • Earth
  • Fire
  • Yellowjackets
  • Les enfants de minuit
  • Bollywood/Hollywood
  • Violation
  • Camilla
  • Funny Boy
  • Heaven on Earth
  • Mostly Sunny
  • Beeba Boys
  • Les Aventures du jeune Indiana Jones
  • La république de l'amour
  • Little America
  • Les Aventures du Jeune Indiana Jones : Travels with Father
  • Sam & Me
  • La cuisine de Stella
  • Les aventures du jeune Indiana Jones (1999)
  • Danger Bay

Deepa Mehta Filmography

2020
2016
2015
Beeba Boys · as Screenplay
2009
2008
2008
2005
Water · as Screenplay
2003
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
Violation · as Executive Producer
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
1998
1996
1991
1988

2005
Water · as Special Appearance
1990
Aashiqui · as Cast
1990
Jurm · as Cast

2025
2025
Canada's Walk of Fame 2025 · as Self - Presenter
2025
Know Her Name · as Self
2022
Here & Queer (TV Series) · as Self
2019
Endless Cinema · as Self - Interviewee
2012
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

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