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Deepa Mehta

Director

Deepa Mehta

Directing
1996 — present · 5 films
Born
1 January 1950 · age 76
From
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.

Career Signature

How Deepa Mehta’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.