Acting credits
19
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Directing
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Acting credits
19
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Consistent number of acting credits.
TMDB popularity
1.6
Low visibility
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TMDB ID: 6495
IMDb ID: nm0619762
Known for: Directing
Born: October 15, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Rourkela, Orissa, India
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2024
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.31
Wikidata: Q466320
Other jobs
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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