Mira Nair

Biography

Born 10/15/1957

Born in a small Indian town and educated at Harvard, Mira Nair describes her life as having been spent "between two worlds". Primarily concerned with telling the stories of people on the margins of society, she has made four nonfiction films examining aspects of Indian life, winning best...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2001, received Venice Film Festival Golden Lion
In 1988, received Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or
In 1988, received Cannes Film Festival Prix du Publique

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Mira Nair, Vanity Fair (2005)

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Highlights

In 2007, Helmed the adaptatio of "The Namesake," Jhumpa Lahiri best selling novel about the struggles between two first generation Bengali immigrants to the United States
In 2004, Helmed the Thackeray classic, "Vanity Fair," a provocative period tale set in post-colonial England, in which Reese Witherspoon plays the lead, Becky Sharp
In 2002, Directed the HBO movie "Hysterical Blindness," starring Uma Thurman and Juliette Lewis; screened at Sundance

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Family & Companions

husband: second husband; Ugandan Indian who was teaching at Harvard when they met; was professor of African politics in Columbia University
Mahmood Mamdani: husband (Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University)
father: Indian civil servant

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