Directing
Community Rating
7.1
TMDB estimate
Born
January 4, 1986 (age 40)
Born 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.
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
as Writer, Director
TBA
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The Last of Them Plagues
as Producer
TBA
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If on a Winter's Night
as Executive Producer
2025
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All We Imagine as Light
as Director, Writer
2024
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A Night of Knowing Nothing
as Director, Writer
2022
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Between Day and Night
as Director, Writer
2021
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And What Is the Summer Saying?
as Writer, Director
2018
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Afternoon Clouds
as Director, Writer
2017
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The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
as Writer, Director, Editor
2015
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Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
as Director
2014
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Memory Of Being Here
as Director
2014
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
as Director
2012
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
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