
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mira Nair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Salaam Bombay!

奇跡のチェックメイト - クイーン・オブ・カトゥエ -

The Laughing Club of India

11’09”01—September 11: India

モンスーン・ウェディング

ナショナル・トレジャー 一族の謎

The Namesake

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

11’09”01 - September 11

Mississippi Masala

The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat

India Cabaret

The Perez Family

ユマ・サーマンの運命の人を探して

理想の花婿

ニューヨーク、アイラブユー

Vanity Fair

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Migration

Words with Gods

Amelia

So Far from India

8

My Own Country

A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight

How Can It Be

The Many Miracles of Household Saints

Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

Restoring the Apu Trilogy

Femme

Lights, Action, Music

Uma Thurman – Die stille Kämpferin Hollywoods

Mississippi Masala

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

This Changes Everything

India Cabaret

The Perez Family

Koffee with Karan

Acqua e zucchero – Carlo Di Palma: i colori della vita

Bollywood Calling

My Own Country

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

Solace in the Dark

Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses

Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded