Deepa Mehta date of birth:
January 1, 1950
How old is Deepa Mehta?
76
Where was Deepa Mehta born?
Amritsar, India
What is Deepa Mehta's ethnicity?
Asian/Indian
What is Deepa Mehta nationality?
Indian
What is Deepa Mehta's occupation?
Film director, Screenwriter and Film producer
Short Biography
Deepa Mehta, OC OOnt (Hindi: दीपा मेहता, born 1 January 1950) is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the second non-French-language Canadian film to put forth for consideration in that category (the first being Zacharias Kunuk's 2001 Inuktitut-language feature, Atanarjuat), and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded a Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay of Bollywood/Hollywood. In May 2012, Mehta received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.