Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural spheres. She made her feature directorial debut with Salaam Bombay! (1988), with Shafiq Syed, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Hansa Vithal and Chanda Sharma – which received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
Films in the 1990s include Mississippi Masala (1991), with Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Charles S. Dutton, and Joe Seneca; The Perez Family (1995), with Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, Trini Alvarado, and Celia Cruz; Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), with Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Ramon Tikaram, Rekha, and Indira Varma; and TV movie My Own Country (1998), with Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz, and Tomei.
Films in the 2000s include Monsoon Wedding (2001), with Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vasundhara Das, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome, Randeep Hooda, Rajat Kapoor, and Jas Arora; TV movie Hysterical Blindness (2022), with Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis, Gena Rowlands, and Ben Gazzara; Vanity Fair (2004), with Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, James Purefoy, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers; The Namesake (2006), with Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan and Sahira Nair; Amelia (2009), with Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Joe Anderson; The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), with Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, and Haluk Bilginer; and Queen of Katwe (2016), with David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o, and Madina Nalwanga.
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- Jama Street Masjid Journal (1979) – documentary
- So Far from India (1983) – documentary
- India Cabaret (1985) – TV documentary
- Children of a Desired Sex (1987) – TV documentary
- Salaam Bombay! (1988)
- Mississippi Masala (1991)
- The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993) – short
- The Perez Family (1995)
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
- My Own Country (1998) – TV movie
- The Laughing Club of India (2001) – TV documentary short
- Monsoon Wedding (2001)
- Hysterical Blindness (2002) – TV movie
- September 11 (2002) – directed with Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanović, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Amos Gitai, Sean Penn, & Shōhei Imamura – anthology
- Vanity Fair (2004)
- The Namesake (2006)
- Migration.. (2007) – short
- New York, I Love You (2008) – directed by Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Randall Balsmeyer, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Jiang Wen, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Natalie Portman, & Brett Ratner – anthology
- 8 (2008) – directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, Gael García Bernal, Gus Van Sant, Jan Kounen, Gaspar Noé, Jane Campion, & Wim Wenders – anthology
- Amelia (2009)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
- Words With Gods (2014) – directed with Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Amos Gitai, Warwick Thornton, Héctor Babenco, Bahman Ghobadi, Hideo Nakata, & Álex de la Iglesia – anthology
- Queen of Katwe (2016)
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