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Deepa Mehta
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 kn…
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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.
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2023
Donkeyhead
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
To Kill a Tiger
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
I Am Sirat
Movie Director
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2021
Yellowjackets
TV show Director
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2020
Funny Boy
Movie Writer
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2020
Violation
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Little America
TV show Director
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2019
Leila
TV show Director
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2016
Anatomy of Violence
Movie Director
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2015
Beeba Boys
Movie Screenplay
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2013
Vocation
Movie Self
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2012
Midnight's Children
Movie Director
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2012
Deepa Mehta, in Profile
Movie Self
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2010
Cooking With Stella
Movie Writer
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2008
Heaven on Earth
Movie Director
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2008
The Forgotten Woman
Movie Writer
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2005
Water
Movie Screenplay
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2004
The Republic Of Love
Movie Director
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2002
Bollywood/Hollywood
Movie Director
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2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance
Movie Director
- 2000
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1998
Earth
Movie Producer
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1997
Fire
Movie Director
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1996
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Movie Director
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1994
Camilla
Movie Director
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1991
Sam & Me
Movie Director
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1988
Martha, Ruth & Edie
Movie Director
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1985
Danger Bay
TV show Director
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1976
For the Record
TV show
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Troilokya
Movie Director
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Sher
Movie Director
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Forgiveness
Movie Director
