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Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. [1] Her production company is Mirabai Films.Among her films are Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, the Golden Lion–winning Monsoon Wedding, and Salaam Bombay!, which received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
María Luisa Mira Franco was born in 1944 in Valencia. [2] Her younger brother Carles was a filmmaker. [3] She studied medieval history in Valencia. [4] In 1967, she moved together with her first husband José Sanchis Sinisterra to Teruel. [3] [5] She moved to Barcelona in 1971, [6] graduating in performing arts from the Institut del Teatre. [4]
Ermira "Mira" Murati (born 16 December 1988) is an engineer, researcher, and tech executive. She served as chief technology officer of OpenAI from May 2022 to September 2024. Early life and education
Vanity Fair is a 2004 historical drama film directed by Mira Nair and adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name. The novel has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. Nair's version made notable changes in the development of the main character Becky Sharp, played by Reese Witherspoon.
Mira's first feature-length film, The Birthday (2004), became a cult movie [3] after winning several awards [4] at the first edition of Fantastic Fest (Austin, TX), where he also held the world premieres of his 2010 Gothic tale [5] Agnosia and the 2013 film Grand Piano, starring Elijah Wood and John Cusack (released in the US by Magnet/Magnolia ...
Mira Rapp-Hooper is an American political scientist currently serving as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania at the White House National Security Council (NSC) in the Biden administration. She is the White House's top advisor for and responsible for coordinating US government policy towards the region.
Mira Lesmanawati or better known as Mira Lesmana (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 8, 1964) is an Indonesian film director, producer, and songwriter of mixed Dutch, Javanese, and Madurese descent. She is the elder sister of Indonesian jazz musician, Indra Lesmana.
Mira Petricevich was the first Māori woman to graduate with a degree from the University of Auckland – Bachelor of Arts, Dip SocSci. She was then the first Māori woman to win a fellowship to the University of Hawaiʻi. After returning to New Zealand, she joined the Ministry of Maori Affairs as a welfare officer. [2]