Mira Nair
Indian-American filmmaker (born 1957)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 15, 1957 · Rourkela
- Nationality
- India
- Directing career
- 17 directorial credits, 1988–2016 · first: Salaam Bombay! (1988) · latest: Queen of Katwe (2016)
- Work
- actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2001 · India / Italy / France · comedy, romance, drama
Venice Golden Lion winner 2001 · Criterion Collection spine #489
1.162 citations - 2Salaam Bombay!सलाम बॉम्बे
1988 · India / France / United Kingdom · drama, crime
Ebert's annual top 10 1988 #5 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1292
0.523 citations - 3
1991 · United States / India / United Kingdom · drama, romance
Criterion Collection spine #1127 · Siskel's annual top 10 1992 #9
0.312 citations
Complete filmography
All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1988Salaam Bombay!
- 1991Mississippi Masala
- 1994My Own Country
- 1995The Perez Family
- 1996Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
- 2001Monsoon Wedding
- 200211'09"01 September 11
- 2002Hysterical Blindness
- 2004Vanity Fair
- 2006The Namesake
- 2007Migration
- 20088
- 2008New York, I Love You
- 2009Amelia
- 2012The Reluctant Fundamentalist
- 2014Words with Gods
- 2016Queen of Katwe