Mira Nair

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Indian-American person documentary filmmaker film director film producer screenwriter woman

Mira Nair is an acclaimed Indian-American film director and producer known for socially conscious, character-driven films such as "Salaam Bombay!", "Mississippi Masala," and "Monsoon Wedding."

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Mira Nair canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian-American person ⓘ
documentary filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
woman ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1980s ⓘ
almaMater Harvard University ⓘ
University of Delhi ⓘ
awardReceived Camera d’Or ⓘ
surface form: Caméra d'Or

Golden Lion ⓘ
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
countryOfBirth India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1957-10-15 ⓘ
directed A Suitable Boy ⓘ
surface form: A Suitable Boy (TV series)

Amelia (2009 film) ⓘ
Hysterical Blindness (film) ⓘ
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love ⓘ
Mississippi Masala ⓘ
Monsoon Wedding ⓘ
Queen of Katwe ⓘ
Salaam Bombay! ⓘ
The Namesake ⓘ
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film) ⓘ
Vanity Fair (2004 film) ⓘ
educatedAt Miranda House ⓘ
surface form: Miranda House, University of Delhi
ethnicGroup Malayali people ⓘ
surface form: Malayali
familyName Nair ⓘ
fieldOfWork film direction ⓘ
film production ⓘ
independent cinema ⓘ
founded Maisha Film Lab ⓘ
fullName Mira Nair self-link ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
givenName Mira ⓘ
hasChild Zohran Mamdani ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
movement independent cinema ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
Indian ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language ⓘ
notableWork Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love ⓘ
Mississippi Masala ⓘ
Monsoon Wedding ⓘ
Queen of Katwe ⓘ
Salaam Bombay! ⓘ
The Namesake ⓘ
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film) ⓘ
Vanity Fair (2004 film) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rourkela industrial region ⓘ
surface form: Rourkela
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Mahmood Mamdani ⓘ
workFocus cross-cultural relationships ⓘ
diaspora experiences ⓘ
postcolonial identity ⓘ
social issues ⓘ

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Gabriel Yared → collaboratedWith → Mira Nair ⓘ
The Namesake → filmAdaptationDirector → Mira Nair ⓘ
Lupita Nyong'o → hasWorkedWith → Mira Nair ⓘ
The Reluctant Fundamentalist → filmAdaptationDirector → Mira Nair ⓘ
Queen of Katwe → director → Mira Nair ⓘ
Alex Heffes → collaboratedWith → Mira Nair ⓘ
Mira Nair → fullName → Mira Nair self-link ⓘ