Deepa Mehta

Known for DirectingBorn 1950-01-01 (age 76)Amritsar, Punjab, India

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 and the Order of Canada for her groundbreaking work in film. Recognized for challenging norms, Mehta’s films are revered for their daring and provocative nature, earning her distinctions like the Best Canadian Director by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle in 2006. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996.Read more

Movies & web series

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

Martha, Ruth & Edie

For the Record

Sam & Me

To Kill a Tiger

Yellowjackets

Danger Bay

Water

Little America

The Forgotten Woman

Fire

Earth

Leila

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance

Bollywood/Hollywood

Violation

Camilla

Midnight's Children

Funny Boy

Anatomy of Violence

The Republic Of Love

Beeba Boys

Donkeyhead

Cooking With Stella

Heaven on Earth

I Am Sirat

Vocation

Deepa Mehta, in Profile

Troilokya

Sher