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Name: Mira Nair
Date of Birth: Tuesday October 15 1957
Born: Bhubaneshwar, Orissa (India)
Nationality: Indian
Partial Biography: 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…Full Mira Nair Biography…

Namesake, The (2007) 12A (Contains moderate sex, soft drug use and accident scenes)Director
Vanity Fair (2005) PG (Contains mild violence and battle images)Director
Monsoon Wedding (2002) 15 (for language, including some sex related dialogue)Director, Producer
Hysterical Blindness (2002) Director
Children of Desired Sex (2000) Director
The Laughing Club of India (1999) Director
Salaam Bombay (1998) Director, Producer, From Story
Kama Sutra (1997) Director

Venice Film Festival Golden Lion (2001) - "Monsoon Wedding"
Cannes Film Festival Prix du Publique (1988) - "Salaam Bombay!"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award (1988) - "Salaam Bombay!"
Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or (1988) - "Salaam Bombay!"
American Film Festival Best Documentary Prize (1985) - "India Cabaret"