Deepa Mehta is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the second non-French-language Canadian film to put forth for consideration in that category, and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded a Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay of Bollywood/Hollywood.
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| - Deepa Mehta is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the second non-French-language Canadian film to put forth for consideration in that category, and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded a Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay of Bollywood/Hollywood.
- Deepa Mehta directed the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "Benares, January 1910" and the Greece segment of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father. Producer Rick McCallum had been impressed by her 1991 film Sam and Me, and recommended her to George Lucas based on that. Mehta is best known for her controversial "Elements" film trilogy, which consists of: Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005). Giles Nuttgens, who had served as cinematographer on the Young Indy episodes Mehta directed (among others), also served as cinematographer on the Elements trilogy.
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| - Mehta at the 79th Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon
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| - Deepa Mehta is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the second non-French-language Canadian film to put forth for consideration in that category, and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded a Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay of Bollywood/Hollywood.
- Deepa Mehta directed the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "Benares, January 1910" and the Greece segment of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father. Producer Rick McCallum had been impressed by her 1991 film Sam and Me, and recommended her to George Lucas based on that. Mehta is best known for her controversial "Elements" film trilogy, which consists of: Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005). Giles Nuttgens, who had served as cinematographer on the Young Indy episodes Mehta directed (among others), also served as cinematographer on the Elements trilogy.
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