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Mira Nair
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
Known For
Mississippi Masala
as Gossip Aunty #1
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded
as Herself
The Perez Family
as Woman buying Flowers
Bollywood Calling
as Mira
This Changes Everything
as Self
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior
as Self - director
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
as Self
My Own Country
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
as Self
