Mira Nair

Mira Nair born October 15 1957 is an Indian film director and producer based in New York Her production company is Mirabai Films She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University Her debut feature film Salaam Bombay 1988 won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film She used the proceeds of the film to establish an organization for street children called the Salaam Baalak Trust in India She often works with longtime creative collaborator screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala whom she met at Harvard She has won a number of awards including a National Film Award and various international film festival awards and was a nominee at the Academy Awards Golden Globes BAFTA Awards and Filmfare Awards She was also awarded the India Abroad Person of the Year2007 which was presented by Indra Nooyi Chairperson and CEO PepsiCo Inc and India Abroad Person of the Year2006 Her most recent films included Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon The Namesake and Amelia Description above from the Wikipedia article Mira Nair licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia