X

Join or Sign In

Sign in to customize your TV listings

Continue with Facebook Continue with email

By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.

Mira Nair Biography

Profession Director, Producer, Actress, Writer, Soundtrack

Awards

  • 1988Audience Award-: winner
  • 1988Golden Camera-: winner
  • 1988LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 1988New Generation Award-: winner
  • 1988Lilian Gish Award-Excellence in Feature Film: winner
  • 1988Jury Prize-: winner
  • 1988Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-: winner
  • 1988Most Popular Film of the Festival-: winner
  • 1989Audience Award-: winner
  • 1989César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
  • 1989Silver Lotus Award-Best Regional Film (Hindi): winner
  • 1989Regional Award-Best Feature Film in Hindi: winner
  • 1990BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
  • 1990Filmfare Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1990Filmfare Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 1991Critics Special Award-: winner
  • 1991Golden Ciak-Best Film: winner
  • 1991Golden Lion-: nominated
  • 1992Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
  • 1993Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: nominated
  • 1996Golden Seashell-: nominated
  • 1999Rosebud-Best Film: nominated
  • 2001Audience Award-: winner
  • 2001Screen International Award-: nominated
  • 2001Laterna Magica Prize-: winner
  • 2001Golden Lion-: winner
  • 2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
  • 2002UNESCO Award-: winner
  • 2002Popular Award-Special Award for International Cinema: winner
  • 2003Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2003César-Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne): nominated
  • 2003Golden Star-: nominated
  • 2003OFTA Television Award-Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2004Golden Lion-: nominated
  • 2006Golden Aphrodite-: winner
  • 2007EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
  • 2007Lino Brocka Award-International Competition: nominated
  • 2007Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2009Top Film-Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Favorite World Feature: winner
  • 2013Audience Award-Best Narrative: winner
  • 2013Bernhard Wicki Film Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2014Audience Choice Award-Audience Choice Award: nominated
  • 2016People's Choice Award-Gala or Special Presentations: nominated
  • 2016WFCC Award-Best Movie by a Woman: nominated
  • 2017AMAA-Best Director: nominated
  • 2017EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
  • 2017Christopher Award-Feature Films: winner
  • 2017Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
  • 2017Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film): nominated