Directing
Mira Nair
- Titles
- 40movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1979 to 2022, busiest in 2008 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 28titles as director
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Salaam Bombay!82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.3average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.4average 3.3
- Family Dynamics6.6average 4.7
- Historical4.4average 2.6
- Romance5.5average 3.8
- Pathos6.9average 5.2
- Melancholy6.4average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
- Adrenaline3.6, average 5.0
- Crime2.4, average 3.7
- Violence3.0, average 4.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 4
- Cultural Identity 3
- Cultural Clash 3
- Family Drama 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Anthology Film 3
- Romantic Entanglements 2
- Political Undertones 2
- Indian Society 2
- Adaptation 2
- Strong Female Lead 2
- Period Piece 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Declan QuinnCinematographerNew York, I Love You, Vanity Fair, Monsoon Wedding, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, +5 more- AAllyson C. JohnsonEditorNew York, I Love You, Vanity Fair, Monsoon Wedding, Amelia, The Namesake, +4 more
Mychael DannaComposerNew York, I Love You, Vanity Fair, Monsoon Wedding, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, 8, +2 more
Barry Alexander BrownEditorQueen of Katwe, India Cabaret, Salaam Bombay!, The Laughing Club of India, Migration- SSooni TaraporevalaWriterThe Namesake, Mississippi Masala, Salaam Bombay!, My Own Country
Irrfan KhanActorThe Namesake, Salaam Bombay!, Migration
Tanvi AzmiActorSeptember 11, 11’09”01—September 11: India, Migration- KKristina BodenEditorKama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Hysterical Blindness, My Own Country
- SSuketu MehtaWriterNew York, I Love You, 8, How Can It Be
- SSabrina DhawanWriterMonsoon Wedding, September 11, 11’09”01—September 11: India
Kapil BawaActorSeptember 11, 11’09”01—September 11: India
Sarita ChoudhuryActorKama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Mississippi Masala
Movies and TV shows
28Type
Upcoming
1 title
Amri
Producer, Writer
2010s
4 titles · average score 66
78
Queen of Katwe (2016)
Director
A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight (2015)
Director, Writer
59
Words with Gods (2014)
Director
2000s
14 titles · average score 63
39
Amelia (2009)
Director
47
New York, I Love You (2008)
Director
43
8 (2008)
Director, Producer
61
Migration (2008)
Director, Executive Producer
90Positive (2007)
Executive Producer
79
The Namesake (2006)
Producer, Director
53
Vanity Fair (2004)
Director
65
September 11 (2002)
Director
68
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
Director
80
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Director, Producer
1990s
5 titles · average score 64
70
My Own Country (1998)
as Saryu Joshi
51
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1997)
Director, Writer
60
The Perez Family (1995)
as Woman Buying Flowers
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993)
Writer, Director
75
Mississippi Masala (1991)
as Gossip Aunty #1
1980s
3 titles · average score 75
82
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Story, Director
68
India Cabaret (1985)
as Interviewer
So Far from India (1983)
as Interviewer/Narrator
