Deepa Mehta
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Amritsar, Punjab, India
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 Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award a...
Best known work
Yellowjackets
2021
Violation
2020
Water
2005
Little America
2020
Fire
1997
Midnight's Children
2012
Earth
1998
To Kill a Tiger
2023
Bollywood/Hollywood
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1996Filmography
TBA
TroilokyaDirector
TBA
SherDirector
TBA
ForgivenessDirector
2023
DonkeyheadExecutive Producer
2023
To Kill a TigerExecutive Producer
2023
I Am SiratDirector
2021
2020
Funny BoyWriter, Director
2020
ViolationExecutive Producer
2020
2019
2016
Anatomy of ViolenceDirector
2015
Beeba BoysDirector, Screenplay
2013
Vocationas Self
2012
Midnight's ChildrenDirector, Executive Producer, Co-Writer
2012
Deepa Mehta, in Profileas Self
2010
Cooking With StellaWriter, Executive Producer
2008
Heaven on EarthWriter, Director
2008
The Forgotten WomanWriter
2005
WaterScreenplay, Director
2004
The Republic Of LoveDirector, Screenplay
2002
Bollywood/HollywoodDirector, Writer
2000
2000
1998
EarthScreenplay, Director, Producer