Personal Info
Birthday
January 4, 1986
Place of Birth
Mumbai, India
Known For
Directing
Payal Kapadia
Biography
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.
Directed Movies (9)
6.8
All We Imagine as Light
Movie2024
7.5
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Movie2022
0.0
Between Day and Night
Movie2021
8.2
And What Is the Summer Saying?
Movie2018
6.0
Afternoon Clouds
Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
Movie2015
No Backdrop
0.0
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0
Memory Of Being Here
Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Movie2012
