Mira Nair

Migrants, families and the ties they carry across borders. In The Namesake, a Bengali couple settle in America and raise a son who has to work out who he is. The Reluctant Fundamentalist follows a young Pakistani in New York whose American dream collapses after 9/11. Queen of Katwe tells the story of Phiona, a ten-year-old from a Kampala slum who becomes a chess prodigy.

Signature

• The Indian and South Asian diaspora.
• Warm, colourful family life.
• Identity split between two countries.
• True underdog stories (Queen of Katwe).