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Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)

Awards

Mira Nair

35 wins & 26 nominations

Asian American International Film Festival

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    1992 Winner Asian Media Award

Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming

  • The Sunshine (2000)
    2000 Winner Special Mention
    • Documentary and Essay
    • The Laughing Club of India

BAFTA Awards

  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)
    2002 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • Monsoon Wedding
    Shared with: Caroline Baron
  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1990 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • Salaam Bombay!

Canberra Short Film Festival

  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)
    2001 Winner Audience Award
    • Monsoon Wedding
    Tied with Amélie (2001).

Cannes Film Festival

  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1988 Winner Golden Camera
    • Salaam Bombay!
  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1988 Winner Audience Award
    • Salaam Bombay!

César Awards, France

  • September 11 (2002)
    2003 Nominee César
    • Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
    • September 11
    Shared with: Youssef Chahine · Amos Gitai · Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Shōhei Imamura · Claude Lelouch · Ken Loach · Samira Makhmalbaf · Idrissa Ouedraogo · Sean Penn · Danis Tanovic
  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1989 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Salaam Bombay!

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Words with Gods (2014)
    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

  • David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)
    2017 Winner Christopher Award
    • Feature Films
    • Queen of Katwe
    Shared with: William Wheeler · John B. Carls · Lydia Dean Pilcher

CINE Competition

  • So Far from India (1983)
    1982 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary
    • So Far from India

Cinemanila International Film Festival

  • Kal Penn in The Namesake (2006)
    2007 Nominee Lino Brocka Award
    • International Competition
    • The Namesake

European Film Awards

  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)
    2001 Nominee Screen International Award
    • Monsoon Wedding
    India

Filmfare Awards

  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1990 Nominee Filmfare Award
    • Best Film
    • Salaam Bombay!
  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1990 Nominee Filmfare Award
    • Best Director
    • Salaam Bombay!

Gotham Awards

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2007 Winner Tribute Award
  • Kal Penn in The Namesake (2006)
    2007 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Namesake
    Shared with: Lydia Dean Pilcher

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)
    2017 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)
    • Queen of Katwe

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Mississippi Masala (1991)
    1993 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • Mississippi Masala
    Shared with: Michael Nozik

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Mississippi Masala (1991)
    1992 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Mississippi Masala

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1988 Winner New Generation Award
    • Salaam Bombay!
  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1988 2nd Place LAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Salaam Bombay!

Zee Cine Awards

  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)
    2002 Winner Popular Award
    • Special Award for International Cinema
    • Monsoon Wedding

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1988 Winner Jury Prize
    • Salaam Bombay!
    Tied with The Dawning (1988).
  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1988 Winner Most Popular Film of the Festival
    • Salaam Bombay!
  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1988 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
    • Salaam Bombay!

Munich Film Festival

  • Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Hudson, and Riz Ahmed in The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
    2013 Winner Bernhard Wicki Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Reluctant Fundamentalist

National Film Awards, India

  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1989 Winner Silver Lotus Award
    • Best Regional Film (Hindi)
    • Salaam Bombay!
  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1989 Winner Regional Award
    • Best Feature Film in Hindi
    • Salaam Bombay!

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Winner Career Achievement Award

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2016 Winner Irving M. Levin Directing Award

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
    1996 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Mississippi Masala (1991)
    1991 Winner Critics Special Award
    • Mississippi Masala

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2020 Winner Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media
  • David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)
    2016 3rd Place People's Choice Award
    • Gala or Special Presentations
    • Queen of Katwe

Venice Film Festival

  • Vanity Fair (2004)
    2004 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Vanity Fair
  • September 11 (2002)
    2002 Winner UNESCO Award
    • September 11
    Shared with: Youssef Chahine · Amos Gitai · Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Shōhei Imamura · Claude Lelouch · Ken Loach · Samira Makhmalbaf · Idrissa Ouedraogo · Sean Penn · Danis Tanovic
  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)
    2001 Winner Golden Lion
    • Monsoon Wedding
  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)
    2001 Winner Laterna Magica Prize
    • Monsoon Wedding
  • Mississippi Masala (1991)
    1991 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Mississippi Masala

Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • My Own Country (1998)
    1999 Nominee Rosebud
    • Best Film
    • My Own Country

Marrakech International Film Festival

  • Hysterical Blindness (2002)
    2003 Nominee Golden Star
    • Hysterical Blindness

Los Angeles Women in Film Festival

  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1988 Winner Lilian Gish Award
    • Excellence in Feature Film
    • Salaam Bombay!
    Tied with Elysium (1987).

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)
    2003 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Monsoon Wedding

High Falls Film Festival

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2004 Winner Faith Hubley 'Web of Life' Award

Love is Folly International Film Festival, Bulgaria

  • Kal Penn in The Namesake (2006)
    2006 Winner Golden Aphrodite
    • The Namesake

VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2022 Winner Legacy Award

Mill Valley Film Festival

  • Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Hudson, and Riz Ahmed in The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
    2012 Winner Audience Award
    • Favorite World Feature
    • The Reluctant Fundamentalist

New York Women in Film & Television

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    1997 Winner Muse Award

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)
    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

  • David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)
    2017 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Director
    • Queen of Katwe
  • Kal Penn in The Namesake (2006)
    2007 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Director
    • The Namesake

African Movie Academy Awards

  • David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)
    2017 Nominee AMAA
    • Best Director
    • Queen of Katwe

Online Film & Television Association

  • Hysterical Blindness (2002)
    2003 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
    • Hysterical Blindness

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)
    2016 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Movie by a Woman
    • Queen of Katwe

Annonay International Festival of First Films

  • Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
    1989 Winner Audience Award
    • Salaam Bombay!

CAAMFest

  • Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Hudson, and Riz Ahmed in The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
    2013 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative
    • The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Athena Film Festival

  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2016 Winner Athena List Winner
    • Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award

The Guardian's Best Films

  • September 11 (2002)
    2009 Winner Top Film
    • Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties
    • September 11
    Shared with: Samira Makhmalbaf · Youssef Chahine · Shōhei Imamura · Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Claude Lelouch · Idrissa Ouedraogo · Sean Penn · Danis Tanovic · Amos Gitai · Ken Loach

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