8 Indian directors who made Hollywood films

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Mira Nair

Mira Nair is an Indian-American filmmaker. Her most well-known movie is Salaam Bombay!, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Ritesh Batra

Ritesh Batra is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is popular for directing the English-language film The Sense of an Ending (2017), an adaptation of Julian Barnes’ Booker Prize-winning novel.

Shekhar Kapur

Shekhar Kapur directed Elizabeth (1998), a critically acclaimed historical drama about the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I, played by actress Cate Blanchett. The film received 7 Academy Award nominations.

Tarsem Singh Dhandwar

Better known by his stage name Tarsem, he is an Indian director who has directed Hollywood films like The Cell (2000), Immortals (2011), Mirror Mirror (2012), and Self/less (2015).

M Night Shyamalan

Born in Puducherry, India, this filmmaker directed The Sixth Sense (1999), which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

In 2015, Vidhu Vinod Chopra directed the crime thriller Broken Horses, which starred Anton Yelchin, Chris Marquette, Vincent D'Onofrio, María Valverde, Thomas Jane, and Sean Patrick Flanery.

Deepa Mehta

Born in Punjab, Deepa Mehta has directed several Hollywood movies, including Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Water (2005), Midnight's Children (2012) and Anatomy of Violence (2016).

Param Gill

Param Gill is an Indian-American filmmaker known for directing Hollywood and Bollywood films. His notable Hollywood work is Going to America (2014).