Born in Amritsar in 1950, Deepa Mehta studied philosophy in Delhi, married a Canadian filmmaker and moved to Toronto in 1973. After Sam & Me (1991), which received an honourable mention for the Caméra d'Or at Cannes, she made her 'Elements' trilogy: Fire (1996), about a romance between two sisters-in-law, which provoked protests in India; Earth (1998), set around Partition; and Water (2005), about a child widow sent to an ashram, which was nominated for an Oscar for Canada. She also made Bollywood/Hollywood (2002), Midnight's Children (2012), co-written with Salman Rushdie, and Funny Boy (2020).
Filmography
- Sam & Me (1991)
- Camilla (1994)
- Fire (1996)
- Earth (1998) (1998)
- Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
- Water (2005)
- Heaven on Earth (2008)
- Midnight's Children (2012)
- Beeba Boys (2015)
- Funny Boy (2020)