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Awards for
Mira Nair

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Asian American International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1992 - Asian Media Award 
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the English Language
for: Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Shared with:
Caroline Baron

 
1990 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the English Language
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)

 
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Special Mention Documentary and Essay
for: The Laughing Club of India (1999) (TV)

 
Canberra International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Audience Award
for: Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Tied with Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001).
 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1988 Won Audience Award
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Golden Camera
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)

 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Director
for: Monsoon Wedding (2001)

 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated César Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
for: 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)
Shared with:
Youssef Chahine
Amos Gitai
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Shohei Imamura
Claude Lelouch
Ken Loach
Samira Makhmalbaf
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Sean Penn
Danis Tanovic

 
1989 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)

 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Screen International Award
for: Monsoon Wedding (2001)
India.
 
Filmfare Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1990 Nominated Filmfare Award Best Director
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Best Film
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)

 
Gotham Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated Best Film
for: The Namesake (2006)
Shared with:
Lydia Dean Pilcher (producer)

 
High Falls Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 - Faith Hubley Web of Life Award 
 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1993 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Feature
for: Mississippi Masala (1991)
Shared with:
Michael Nozik

 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1992 Won Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
for: Mississippi Masala (1991)

 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1988 Won New Generation Award 
 
Los Angeles Women in Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1988 Won Lilian Gish Award Excellence in Feature Film
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Tied with Elysium (1986).
 
Marrakech International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Golden Star
for: Hysterical Blindness (2002) (TV)

 
Montréal World Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1988 Won Jury Prize
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Tied with The Dawning (1988).
Most Popular Film
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)

 
National Film Awards, India
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1989 Won Silver Lotus Award Best Regional Film (Hindi)
for: Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Shared with:
unknown (producer)

 
San Sebastián International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Nominated Golden Seashell
for: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)

 
São Paulo International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1991 Won Critics Special Award
for: Mississippi Masala (1991)

 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Golden Lion
for: Vanity Fair (2004)

 
2002 Won UNESCO Award
for: 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)
Shared with:
Youssef Chahine
Amos Gitai
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Shohei Imamura
Claude Lelouch
Ken Loach
Samira Makhmalbaf
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Sean Penn
Danis Tanovic

 
2001 Won Golden Lion
for: Monsoon Wedding (2001)

Laterna Magica Prize
for: Monsoon Wedding (2001)

 
1991 Won Golden Osella
for: Mississippi Masala (1991)
Shared with:
Sooni Taraporevala (writer)
Also for the film's subject and screenplay.
Nominated Golden Lion
for: Mississippi Masala (1991)

 
Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Nominated Rosebud Best Film
for: My Own Country (1998) (TV)

 
Zee Cine Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Popular Award Special Award for International Cinema
for: Monsoon Wedding (2001)

 

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