Mira Nair
Director
Biography
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, since 1 January 2026, Mayor of New York City.
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Filmography
Mississippi Masala
as Gossip Aunty #1 1991
This Changes Everything
as Self 2019
The Perez Family
as Woman buying Flowers 1995
Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior
as Self - director 2024
India Cabaret
as Interviewer 1985
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self 2017
My Own Country
1998
Bollywood Calling
as Mira 2001
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
as Self 2016
Femme
as Self 2013
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
as Self 2024
Lights, Action, Music
as Self 2007
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
as Self 2015
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
as Self 2004
Solace in the Dark
as Self 2011
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
as Self 2016