Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 14, 1972
Place of Birth
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Credits
36 titles
Zoya Akhtar
Biography
Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Born to to poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, where she assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before turning writer-director in her own right. She achieved her breakthrough with the comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Director. She has since directed the comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), segments in the anthology films Lust Stories (2018) and Ghost Stories (2020), and the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), which won her a second Filmfare Award for Best Director.
Known For
Filmography
Shape of Momo
Executive Producer
In Transit
Executive Producer
Superboys of Malegaon
Producer
The Roshans
Self
Angry Young Men
Self
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Writer
The Archies
Director
Dahaad
Executive Producer
Eternally Confused and Eager for Love
Executive Producer
Ghost Stories
Director
Made in Heaven
Executive Producer
Gully Boy
Director
Lust Stories
Director
BFFs with Vogue
Self
Dil Dhadakne Do
Director
Words with Gods
Screenplay
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Self
Bombay Talkies
Director
Talaash
Story
Making of Talaash
Self
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Story
Luck by Chance
Director
Migration
Screenplay
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Executive Producer
Koffee with Karan
Self
Indian Idol
Self
Lakshya
First Assistant Director
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
Herself
Dil Chahta Hai
Casting Director
Kaun Banega Crorepati
Self
Bombay Boys
Assistant Director
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Rasa Devi's Courtesan
The Daily Show
Self
Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project
Writer
Jee Le Zaraa
Writer
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2
Director