Dilip Mehta

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Dilip Mehta
Born1952 (age 72–73)
New Delhi, India
Occupations
  • Director
  • photojournalist
Notable work Mostly Sunny
Relatives Deepa Mehta (sister)

Dilip Mehta (born 1952 in New Delhi) is an Indian-born Canadian photojournalist and director. Mehta divides his time between New York City, Delhi and Toronto. His work as a photojournalist has appeared in The New York Times , Newsweek , National Geographic and Time . Mehta's five-year coverage of The Bhopal gas tragedy won him numerous prizes including the World Press award and Overseas Press award. [1]

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His directorial film debut The Forgotten Woman was inspired by his work on the set of Water . [2] He directed Cooking with Stella (2009) and co-wrote the script with his sister Deepa Mehta. His 2016 documentary Mostly Sunny is a profile of Bollywood actress and former pornographic star Sunny Leone. [3]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerStillsNotes
1996 Fire NoNoNoYesErotic drama film
1998 Earth NoNoCreative ProducerYesPeriod romance drama
2005 Water NoNoAssociate ProducerNoDrama film
2008 The Forgotten Woman YesNoNoNoDocumentary film
2012 Midnight's Children NoNo(Creative Producer) | (Executive Producer)NoBased on the novel by Salman Rushdie
2015The OfferNoNoAssociate ProducerNoShort drama
2009 Cooking with Stella YesYesNoNoComedy film
2016 Mostly Sunny YesYesNoNoDocumentary film

References

  1. ↑ "Dilip Mehta". Contact Press Images. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Walker, Susan (22 April 2008). "Filmmaker Dilip Mehta finds hope in telling widows' stories". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Mack, Adrian (11 January 2017). "Mostly Sunny director Dilip Mehta discovers it's much hotter in the shade". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 13 January 2017.