Mira Nair
FounderMirabai Films, Inc
Mira Nair is an Academy-Award nominated director best known for her visually dense films that pulsate with life
Full Bio
Mira Nair has worked across genres, directing both on stage and on screen. Her debut film Salaam Bombay (1988) received over 25 awards including the Cam˝ra d_x0019_Or at the 41 st Cannes Film Festival. Her best-known films include Monsoon Wedding (2001), which won the Golden Lion Award at the 58th Venice Film Festival, Mississippi Masala (1991), Vanity Fair (2004), and Queen of Katwe (2016). The musical adaptation of Monsoon Wedding, which sold out at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2017, will be staged again in 2021 at the Roadhouse in London.
A longtime activist, Nair founded the Salaam Baalak Trust in 1999, an organization that works with Indian street children. She also started the Maisha Film Lab in 2004, a free school that provides training for emerging filmmakers in East Africa. In 2012, Nair was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India_x0019_s prestigious civilian honor, for her work in arts and culture.
A longtime activist, Nair founded the Salaam Baalak Trust in 1999, an organization that works with Indian street children. She also started the Maisha Film Lab in 2004, a free school that provides training for emerging filmmakers in East Africa. In 2012, Nair was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India_x0019_s prestigious civilian honor, for her work in arts and culture.
- Professional Credits
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619762/
- Industry Awards
- 1985: Best Documentary Film, Global Village Film Festival: India Cabaret
1986: Golden Athena, Athens International Film Festival: India Cabaret
1986: Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival: India Cabaret
1988: Audience Award, Cannes Film Festival: Salaam Bombay
1988: Golden Camera (Best First Film), Cannes Film Festival: Salaam Bombay
1988: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi: Salaam Bombay[33]
1988: National Board of Review Award for Top Foreign Films: Salaam Bombay
1988: Jury Prize, Most Popular Film and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Montreal World Film Festival: Salaam Bombay
1988: New Generation Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1988: Lilian Gish Award (Excellence in Feature Film), Los Angeles Women in Film Festival: Salaam Bombay
1991: Golden Osella (Best Original Screenplay), Venice Film Festival: Mississippi Masala (with Sooni Taraporevala)[34]
1991: Critics Special Award, S˝o Paulo International Film Festival: Mississippi Masala
1992: Best Director (Foreign F
