Payal Kapadia
Known for: Directing
Born: January 3, 1986 in Mumbai, India
Payal Kapadia (born 4 January 1986) is an Indian filmmaker. She is best known for having won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for her film A Night of Knowing Nothing. In 2017, her film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film that was selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Born in Mumbai, Kapadia went to Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. She got a Bachelor's degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She did a one-year Master's degree from Sophia college. She then went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt.
Known for
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Director
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
Writer
All We Imagine as Light
Director
And What Is the Summer Saying?
Writer
Between Day and Night
Director
Afternoon Clouds
Director
Memory Of Being Here
Director
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
Director
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Director
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
Writer
The Last of Them Plagues
Producer
If on a Winter's Night
Executive Producer