Editing Mira Nair (section)

==Awards==
[[File:Mira Nair at ZIFF 2013.jpg|thumb|Nair at the [[Zanzibar International Film Festival]], 2013]]{{BLP sources section|date=June 2020}}
She was awarded the [[India Abroad]] Person of the Year-2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/mar/29iapoy.htm |title=Mira Nair is India Abroad Person of the Year 2007 |date=29 March 2008 |work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> In 2012 she was awarded India's third highest civilian award the [[Padma Bhushan]] by President of India, [[Pratibha Patil]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jamkhandikar |first=Shilpa |date=25 January 2012 |title=Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi, Mira Nair to get Padma Bhushan |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/padma-bhushan-awards-idINDEE80O0IY20120125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305225207/http://in.reuters.com/article/padma-bhushan-awards-idINDEE80O0IY20120125 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |work=Reuters}}</ref>

===Wins===
* 1988: Audience Award, [[Cannes Film Festival]]: ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
* 1988: [[Caméra d'Or|Golden Camera]] (Best First Film), Cannes Film Festival: ''Salaam Bombay!''
* 1988: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]: ''Salaam Bombay!''<ref>{{cite book|last=Taraporevala|first=Sooni|title=Salaam Bombay!|year=1989|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=0-14-012724-0|author2=Mira Nair}}</ref>
* 1988: [[National Board of Review Awards 1988|National Board of Review Award]] for Top Foreign Films: ''Salaam Bombay!''
* 1988: "Jury Prize", "Most Popular Film" and "[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]" at [[Montreal World Film Festival]]: ''Salaam Bombay!''
* 1988: New Generation Award, [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1988|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
* 1991: [[Golden Osella]] (Best Original Screenplay), [[Venice Film Festival]]: ''[[Mississippi Masala]]'' (with [[Sooni Taraporevala]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Sloan|first=Jane|title=Reel women|year=2007|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5738-4}}</ref>
* 1991: Critics Special Award, [[São Paulo International Film Festival]]: ''Mississippi Masala''
* 1992: Best Director (Foreign Film), [[Nastro d'Argento|Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists]]: ''Mississippi Masala''
* 2001: [[Golden Lion]] (Best Film), Venice Film Festival: ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]''
* 2001: Laterna Magica Prize, Venice Film Festival: ''Monsoon Wedding''
* 2002: Audience Award, [[Canberra International Film Festival]]: ''Monsoon Wedding''
* 2002: Special Award for International Cinema, [[Zee Cine Awards]]: ''Monsoon Wedding''
* 2002: UNESCO Award, Venice Film Festival: ''[[11'9"01 September 11]]''
* 2003: [[Provincetown International Film Festival|Faith Hubley Memorial Award]], [[Provincetown International Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=McKeenmckee@capecodonline.com|first=Natalie|title=Connie White to step down as fest's artistic director|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/entertainmentlife/20160612/connie-white-to-step-down-as-fests-artistic-director|access-date=2020-12-29|website=capecodtimes.com|language=en|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613132338/https://www.capecodtimes.com/entertainmentlife/20160612/connie-white-to-step-down-as-fests-artistic-director|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2003: [[Arts First|Harvard Arts Medal]]<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Harvard Arts Medal |url=https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/harvard-arts-medal |publisher=Harvard University Office for the Arts |access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>
* 2004: Faith Hubley Web of Life Award, [[Rochester-High Falls International Film Festival]]
* 2012: "[[IFFI Special Jury Award and Special Mention|IFFI Centenary Award]]" for ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=89798|title=43rd IFFI closes with Meera Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'|website=pib.nic.in}}</ref>
* 2012: Padma Bhushan by Government of India<ref>{{cite web |date=27 January 2013 |title= Padma Awards Announced |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881 |publisher=Press Information Bureau |access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref>

===Nominations===
* 1989: [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]: ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
* 1989: [[César Award for Best Foreign Film]] (''Meilleur film étranger''): ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
* 1989: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]: ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
* 1990: [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]]: ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
* 1990: [[Filmfare Best Director Award]]: ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
* 1990: [[Filmfare Best Movie Award]]: ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
* 1991: [[Golden Lion]] (Best Film), [[Venice Film Festival]]: ''[[Mississippi Masala]]''
* 1993: [[Independent Spirit Award]] for Best Feature: ''Mississippi Masala''
* 1996: Golden Seashell, [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]: ''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]''
* 1999: Best Film, Verzaubert International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: ''[[My Own Country]]''
* 2001: Screen International Award (Best Non-European Film), [[European Film Awards]]: ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]''
* 2001: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]: ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]''
* 2002: [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]]: ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]''
* 2003: Golden Star, [[International Film Festival of Marrakech]]: ''[[Hysterical Blindness (film)|Hysterical Blindness]]''
* 2003: [[César Award for Best Film from the European Union]]: ''[[11'9"01 September 11]]''
* 2004: [[Golden Lion]] (Best Film), [[Venice Film Festival]]: ''[[Vanity Fair (2004 film)|Vanity Fair]]''
* 2007: [[Gotham Awards 2007|Gotham Award]] for Best Film: ''[[The Namesake (film)|The Namesake]]''