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. Among her best known films are Mississippi Masala (1991), with Denzel Washington; Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), Vanity Fair (2004), with Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins, and Rhys Ifans; The Namesake (2006), the Golden Lion winning Monsoon Wedding (2001), and Salaam Bombay! (1988), which received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
Each review will be linked to the title below.
(*seen originally in theaters)
(**seen rereleased in theaters)
- 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 González 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) – anthology
- Queen of Katwe (2016)
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