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Mira Nair
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Asian American International Film Festival (1)
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming (1)
BAFTA Awards (2)
Canberra Short Film Festival (1)
Cannes Film Festival (2)
César Awards, France (2)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Christopher Awards (1)
CINE Competition (1)
Cinemanila International Film Festival (1)
European Film Awards (1)
Filmfare Awards (2)
Gotham Awards (2)
Image Awards (NAACP) (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Zee Cine Awards (1)
Montréal World Film Festival (3)
Munich Film Festival (1)
National Film Awards, India (2)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (1)
San Francisco International Film Festival (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (1)
São Paulo International Film Festival (1)
Toronto International Film Festival (2)
Venice Film Festival (6)
Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (1)
Marrakech International Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Women in Film Festival (1)
Chlotrudis Awards (1)
High Falls Film Festival (1)
Love is Folly International Film Festival, Bulgaria (1)
VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (1)
Mill Valley Film Festival (1)
New York Women in Film & Television (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (2)
African Movie Academy Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Women Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Annonay International Festival of First Films (1)
CAAMFest (1)
Athena Film Festival (1)
The Guardian's Best Films (1)
35 wins & 26 nominations
Asian American International Film Festival
1992 Winner
Asian Media Award
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
2000 Winner
Special Mention
Documentary and Essay
The Laughing Club of India
BAFTA Awards
2002 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film not in the English Language
Monsoon Wedding
Shared with:
Caroline Baron
1990 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film not in the English Language
Salaam Bombay!
Canberra Short Film Festival
2001 Winner
Audience Award
Monsoon Wedding
Tied with
Amélie (2001)
.
Cannes Film Festival
1988 Winner
Golden Camera
Salaam Bombay!
1988 Winner
Audience Award
Salaam Bombay!
César Awards, France
2003 Nominee
César
Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
September 11
Shared with:
Youssef Chahine
·
Amos Gitai
·
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
·
Shôhei Imamura
·
Claude Lelouch
·
Ken Loach
·
Samira Makhmalbaf
·
Idrissa Ouedraogo
·
Sean Penn
·
Danis Tanovic
1989 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Salaam Bombay!
Chicago International Film Festival
2014 Nominee
Audience Choice Award
Audience Choice Award
Words with Gods
Shared with:
Guillermo Arriaga
·
Hector Babenco
·
Álex de la Iglesia
·
Bahman Ghobadi
·
Amos Gitai
·
Emir Kusturica
·
Hideo Nakata
·
Warwick Thornton
Christopher Awards
2017 Winner
Christopher Award
Feature Films
Queen of Katwe
Shared with:
William Wheeler
·
John B. Carls
·
Lydia Dean Pilcher
CINE Competition
1982 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary
So Far from India
Cinemanila International Film Festival
2007 Nominee
Lino Brocka Award
International Competition
The Namesake
European Film Awards
2001 Nominee
Screen International Award
Monsoon Wedding
India
Filmfare Awards
1990 Nominee
Filmfare Award
Best Film
Salaam Bombay!
1990 Nominee
Filmfare Award
Best Director
Salaam Bombay!
Gotham Awards
2007 Winner
Tribute Award
2007 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Feature
The Namesake
Shared with:
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Image Awards (NAACP)
2017 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)
Queen of Katwe
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1993 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Feature
Mississippi Masala
Shared with:
Michael Nozik
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1992 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Mississippi Masala
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1988 Winner
New Generation Award
Salaam Bombay!
1988 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Foreign Film
Salaam Bombay!
Zee Cine Awards
2002 Winner
Popular Award
Special Award for International Cinema
Monsoon Wedding
Montréal World Film Festival
1988 Winner
Jury Prize
Salaam Bombay!
Tied with
The Dawning (1988)
.
1988 Winner
Most Popular Film of the Festival
Salaam Bombay!
1988 Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Salaam Bombay!
Munich Film Festival
2013 Winner
Bernhard Wicki Film Award
Best Film
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
National Film Awards, India
1989 Winner
Silver Lotus Award
Best Regional Film (Hindi)
Salaam Bombay!
1989 Winner
Regional Award
Best Feature Film in Hindi
Salaam Bombay!
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Career Achievement Award
San Francisco International Film Festival
2016 Winner
Irving M. Levin Directing Award
San Sebastián International Film Festival
1996 Nominee
Golden Seashell
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
São Paulo International Film Festival
1991 Winner
Critics Special Award
Mississippi Masala
Toronto International Film Festival
2020 Winner
Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media
2016 Nominee
People's Choice Award
Gala or Special Presentations
Queen of Katwe
Venice Film Festival
2004 Nominee
Golden Lion
Vanity Fair
2002 Winner
UNESCO Award
September 11
Shared with:
Youssef Chahine
·
Amos Gitai
·
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
·
Shôhei Imamura
·
Claude Lelouch
·
Ken Loach
·
Samira Makhmalbaf
·
Idrissa Ouedraogo
·
Sean Penn
·
Danis Tanovic
2001 Winner
Golden Lion
Monsoon Wedding
2001 Winner
Laterna Magica Prize
Monsoon Wedding
1991 Nominee
Golden Lion
Mississippi Masala
1 more
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Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
1999 Nominee
Rosebud
Best Film
My Own Country
Marrakech International Film Festival
2003 Nominee
Golden Star
Hysterical Blindness
Los Angeles Women in Film Festival
1988 Winner
Lilian Gish Award
Excellence in Feature Film
Salaam Bombay!
Tied with
Elysium (1987)
.
Chlotrudis Awards
2003 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
Monsoon Wedding
High Falls Film Festival
2004 Winner
Faith Hubley 'Web of Life' Award
Love is Folly International Film Festival, Bulgaria
2006 Winner
Golden Aphrodite
The Namesake
VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
2022 Winner
Legacy Award
Mill Valley Film Festival
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Favorite World Feature
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
New York Women in Film & Television
1997 Winner
Muse Award
Cinema for Peace Awards
2017 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
Queen of Katwe
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2017 Nominee
EDA Female Focus Award
Best Woman Director
Queen of Katwe
2007 Nominee
EDA Female Focus Award
Best Woman Director
The Namesake
African Movie Academy Awards
2017 Nominee
AMAA
Best Director
Queen of Katwe
Online Film & Television Association
2003 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Hysterical Blindness
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2016 Nominee
WFCC Award
Best Movie by a Woman
Queen of Katwe
Annonay International Festival of First Films
1989 Winner
Audience Award
Salaam Bombay!
CAAMFest
2013 Winner
Audience Award
Best Narrative
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Athena Film Festival
2016 Winner
Athena List Winner
Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award
The Guardian's Best Films
2009 Winner
Top Film
Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties
September 11
Shared with:
Samira Makhmalbaf
·
Youssef Chahine
·
Shôhei Imamura
·
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
·
Claude Lelouch
·
Idrissa Ouedraogo
·
Sean Penn
·
Danis Tanovic
·
Amos Gitai
·
Ken Loach
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