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Mira Nair was born on 15 October 1957 in Rourkela, Orissa, India, and grew up with her two older brothers and parents in Bhubaneswar. Her father, Amrit Lal Nair, was an officer of the Indian Administrative Service and her mother, Parveen Nayyar, is a social worker who often focused on children.. She lived in Bhubaneswar until age 18, and attended a convent, following which she left to attend Loreto Convent, Tara Hall, Shimla, an Irish-Catholic missionary school, where she developed an ...
Mira Nair. Director: Monsoon Wedding. Accomplished Film Director/Writer/Producer Mira Nair was born in India and educated at Delhi University and at Harvard. She began her film career as an actor and then turned to directing award-winning documentaries, including So Far From India and India Cabaret. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988; it won the Camera D'Or (for...
Mira Nair. Director: Monsoon Wedding. Accomplished Film Director/Writer/Producer Mira Nair was born in India and educated at Delhi University and at Harvard. She began her film career as an actor and then turned to directing award-winning documentaries, including So Far From India and India Cabaret. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988; it won the Camera D'Or (for...
Dec 7, 2020 · This month marks the American release of the director Mira Nair’s six-part television adaptation of “A Suitable Boy,” Vikram Seth’s beloved, kaleidoscopic novel of early post-Partition ...
Jul 1, 2024 · Mira Nair, Indian director known for her documentaries and feature films dealing with controversial subject matter. Her notable movies included Mississippi Massala (1997), Monsoon Wedding (2001), Vanity Fair (2004), Amelia (2009), and Queen of Katwe (2016). Learn more about Nair’s life and career.
Oct 6, 2017 · For nearly 30 years, the director Mira Nair has lived in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. It is here that she set up Maisha Film Lab, a film school which operates in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda.
Dec 7, 2020 · “Mira is very particular about how her women are shown onscreen,” said the actress Tabu (pictured with Ishaan Khatter) of Mira Nair, the director of “A Suitable Boy” on Acorn TV.
Oct 14, 2016 · When Mira Nair attended the premiere of her new film Queen of Katwe at the Toronto Film Festival last month, she sat next to its subject, Phiona Mutesi. For Mutesi, the experience was always ...
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 ...
Jan 12, 2024 · If you wish to watch cinema that bridges the gap between India and the West, Mira Nair is one of the most prominent names that come to mind. After her breakout debut Salaam Bombay picked up nominations for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars, Golden Globes, and BAFTAs, the director continued a streak of cross-cultural films that delved into the economic, social and cultural aspects of Indians across different classes (and in many cases Indians living abroad).. From working with a pre-fame Denzel ...
