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Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta

Known For Directing
Birthday Jan 01, 1950 (75)
Birthplace Amritsar, Punjab, India
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Jul 29, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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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Funny Boy

Funny Boy

2020

Writer

Beeba Boys

Beeba Boys

2015

Screenplay

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

2012

Co-Writer

Cooking With Stella

Cooking With Stella

2010

Writer

The Forgotten Woman

The Forgotten Woman

2008

Writer

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

2008

Writer

The Republic Of Love

The Republic Of Love

2004

Screenplay

Fire

Fire

1997

Screenplay, Story

Funny Boy

Funny Boy

2020

Director

Anatomy of Violence

Anatomy of Violence

2016

Director

Beeba Boys

Beeba Boys

2015

Director

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

2012

Director

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

2008

Director

The Republic Of Love

The Republic Of Love

2004

Director

Bollywood/Hollywood

Bollywood/Hollywood

2002

Director

Fire

Fire

1997

Director

Camilla

Camilla

1994

Director

Sam & Me

Sam & Me

1991

Director

Martha, Ruth & Edie

Martha, Ruth & Edie

1988

Director

To Kill a Tiger

To Kill a Tiger

2023

Executive Producer

Violation

Violation

2020

Executive Producer

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

2012

Executive Producer

Cooking With Stella

Cooking With Stella

2010

Executive Producer

Fire

Fire

1997

Producer

Organization Category Movie
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For The Record

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1977

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