Deepa Mehta
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-01-01 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Also known As
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Deepa Mehta
Biography
Deepa Mehta, LLD (born 1 January 1950 in Amritsar, Punjab, India) is a Genie Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her repertoire includes Bollywood/Hollywood and the adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight’s Children. Born in India, she migrated to Canada after studying philosophy at the University of New Delhi. Initially focusing on documentaries, she's received numerous awards, honorary degrees, and prestigious honours like the Govern...
Acting
2012
as Self
Production
2002
as Director
1997
as Director
2008
as Director
2008
as Writer
1998
as Producer
2005
as Screenplay
1998
as Screenplay
2005
as Director
1998
as Director
2010
as Writer
2004
as Director
1994
as Director
2008
as Writer
2012
as Director
1996
2000
2010
as Executive Producer
2015
as Screenplay
2015
as Director
1991
as Director
2012
as Executive Producer
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as Director
2016
as Director
2023
as Executive Producer
1997
as Producer
1988
as Director
2004
as Screenplay
2012
as Co-Writer
2023
as Director
1997
as Story
1997
as Screenplay
2020
as Executive Producer
2020
as Writer
2020
as Director
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as Director
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as Director
1988
as Producer
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