迪帕·梅塔 Deepa Mehta

获奖情况

第56届伦敦电影节 获得最佳影片(提名)。获奖影视： 《午夜之子》

第79届奥斯卡金像奖 获得最佳外语片(提名)。获奖影视： 《水》

第44届戛纳电影节 获得金摄影机奖(导演首作奖) 特别荣誉奖。获奖影视： 《萨姆和我》

影人资料

Deepa Mehta, OC OOnt ([d̪iːpaː ˈmeːɦt̪aː] born September 15, 1950) is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005). Amritsar, Punjab, India Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada Nationality Canadian Occupation Film director, screenwriter, film producer Years active 1976 – Present Known for Elements Trilogy Spouse(s) Paul Saltzman (1973–1983)[1] David Hamilton (– present) Children Devyani Saltzman (daughter) Relatives Dilip Mehta (brother) 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 (****** it only the third non-French-language Canadian film submitted in that category after Attila Bertalan's 1990 invented-language film A Bullet to the Head and Zacharias Kunuk's 2001 Inuktitut-language feature Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She 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.[2]