迪帕·梅塔(DeepaMehta)

地区：印度,阿姆利则生日：1950-01-01

星座：摩羯座职业：导演/编剧/制片人/

简介： 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 (making 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]