Mira Nair
Regisseur, Producer, Acteur, Schrijver
15 oktober 1957 (68 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Cinematografie
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| 2023 | Our Land, Our Freedom · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Against the Tide · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | National Treasure: Edge of History · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | A Suitable Boy · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Ayiti Mon Amour · as Executive Producer |
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| 2008 | Migration · as Executive Producer |
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| 2006 | Discovery Atlas · as Narrator |
| 2001 | Monsoon Wedding · as Mrs. Mehta |
| 2001 | Bollywood Calling · as MiraOp Plex |
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| 1995 | The Perez Family · as Woman Buying Flowers |
| 1991 | Mississippi Masala · as Gossip Aunty #1 |
| 1985 | India Cabaret · as Interviewer |
| 1983 | So Far from India · as Interviewer/narrator |
| 2024 | Uma Thurman: Die stille Kämpferin Hollywoods · as Self - Director |
| 2024 | The Many Miracles of Household Saints · as Self |
| 2018 | This Changes Everything · as Self |
| 2016 | Water and Sugar · as Self |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter · as Self |
| 2013 | Femme · as SelfOp Plex |
| 2011 | Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded · as Herself |
| 2007 | Lights! Action! Music! · as Self |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition · as Self |
| 2006 | Wanderlust · as Self |
| 2005 | Worldwide Exchange · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2004 | Koffee With Karan · as Self |
| 2004 | At the Movies (2004) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley · as Self - Guest |
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| 2003 | Women on Top: Hollywood and Power · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Salaam Bombay! · as Story |