Mira Nair

Nationality:
Indian
Birthdate:
10/15/1957
Birthplace:
Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
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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, she has made four nonfiction films examining aspects of Indian life, winning best documentary prize at the American Film Festival for "India Cabaret" (1985), a controversial portrait of strippers in a Bombay nightclub.

Nair's highly acclaimed first feature, "Salaam Bombay!" (1988), was a riveting and uncompromising tale of urban street life in the tradition of Bunuel's "Los Olvidados" and Continued

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milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Spent first fifteen years of her life in Orissa, a delta area in eastern India
 
Acted for amateur theater company, directed by Barry John (who later worked with her when he directed the children's workshop preceding the shooting of "Salaam Bombay"!") In Delhi for three years
1976 
Offered scholarship by Cambridge University; turned it down in favor of Harvard
1976 
Moved to USA to study at Harvard
1979 
Made first film, "Jama Masjid/Street Journal," as student thesis at Harvard
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