Mira Nair

...- with Jim Carrey. But earlier this fall, he starred as the young All-American Gene Vidal (father of Gore) in "Amelia," director Mira Nair's Amelia Earhart biopic. Q. You played Earhart's lover-on-the-side in "Amelia," but the part itself...

In this article: Ewan McGregor, Amelia, Roman Polanski, Amelia Earhart, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeff Bridges, Jim Carrey, and The Ghost

...Museum of Islamic Art and skyscrapers sitting atop 15 billion barrels of oil. Under the sweltering blue sky, Mira Nair, whose movie Amelia has been chosen to show first among the 31 films scheduled over the next four days,...

In this article: Hilary Swank, Martin Scorsese, Amelia, Robert De Niro, Doha, Oscar, TriBeCa, and IM Pei

...mode. (JW) "New York, I Love You" **½ (R; 1:43): Noted actors and directors, including Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke and Mira Nair, create 10 vignettes about America's storybook city. It's neither a comprehensive guide nor consistently...

In this article: Chelsea Hotel, New York, I Love You, Lars von Trier, Abel Ferrara, Natalie Portman, Kenny Ortega, Ethan Hawke, and Michael Jackson

...Junior to land -- at which point it was surrounded by 15 armed soldiers. "Without the Electra, we could not make the movie," director Mira Nair says. After three days of haggling, with the French and South African governments taking part,...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Ron Bass, Ted Waitt, Electra Junior, Hilary Swank, and Hachiko: A Dog's Story

...ease and elegance," Maimone says. "I ... love her evening gowns as much as I love the flightwear." The movie's director, Mira Nair, is a fan of a white silk charmeuse tank top and winter-white trousers Swank wore, as well as an...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Persol, Amelia, and Fox Searchlight

Growing up in India, Mira Nair didn't know much about pioneering American aviator and Atchison, Kan., native Amelia Earhart. "For me, she was a person on a postage stamp," the filmmaker said. "That was it. "Of course I learned about her...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Hilary Swank, Kansas, George Putnam, Richard Gere, The Perez Family, and Kama Sutra

Washington, October 24 : Mira Nair has spoken about the trouble she and her team had to go through when the aircraft used in her 2009 biopic Amelia was hi-jacked en-route to the South African film shoot. The acclaimed director revealed...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, God, France, Africa, Cape Town, and Washington

...Eccleston, Death, Drama, Emotion, Ewan McGregor, Gene Vidal, George Putnam, Gore Vidal, Hilary Swank, Love, Media, Media Icon, Mira Nair, Richard Gere, Romance, Social Drama, Success, Suspense, The 99, World, Entertainment News You're...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, Gore Vidal, Ewan McGregor, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Christopher Eccleston

Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET Director Mira Nair has been making feature films since 1988, when she released the critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay! Chris...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Hilary Swank, Oscar, IPod, Tillotama Shome, The Namesake, and Monsoon Wedding

Karina Mitchell from CBS News speaks with Academy Award nominated filmmaker Mira Nair about her new bio-epic, "Amelia," starring Hilary Swank as the infamous female pilot, Amelia Earhart. Jim Carrey's take on Ebenezer Scrooge has already...

In this article: Amelia, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Jess Weixler, Dylan Walsh, Jason Ritter, The Stepfather, and Academy Award