FILM DIRECTOR

Payal Kapadia

1986 - Today

Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia (born 4 January 1986) is an Indian filmmaker. In 2017, her short film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival. In 2021, she won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature A Night of Knowing Nothing. In 2024, she won the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her fiction feature debut All We Imagine as Light. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Payal Kapadia is the 2,061st most popular film director, the 1,545th most popular biography from India and the 63rd most popular Indian Film Director.

Payal Kapadia is an Indian filmmaker known for her work in documentary and narrative cinema. She gained recognition for her debut feature film, "A Night of Knowing Nothing," which explores themes of love and political unrest in contemporary India.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Payal Kapadia ranks 2,065 out of 2,041. Before her are Ketan Mehta, Hossein Rajabian, Apolline Traoré, Mohit Suri, Jared Bush, Drew Pearce, Nicholas Stoller, Lena Waithe, Amanda Kernell, and Rohit Shetty. After her are Lucky McKee, and Josh Trank.

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Ketan Mehta
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 2,055
Hossein Rajabian
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 2,056
Apolline Traoré
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 2,057
Mohit Suri
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 2,058
Jared Bush
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 2,059
Drew Pearce
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 2,060
Nicholas Stoller
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.44
Rank: 2,061
Lena Waithe
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 2,062
Amanda Kernell
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.03
Rank: 2,063
Rohit Shetty
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 2,064
Payal Kapadia
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 2,065
Lucky McKee
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.62
Rank: 2,066
Josh Trank
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.60
Rank: 2,067

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Payal Kapadia ranks 1,291. Before her are Emerson, Nanda Costa, Boris Borisovich Rotenberg, Srđan Jovanović, Svetlana Podobedova, and Naoaki Aoyama. After her are Sebastián Simonet, Siniša Anđelković, Ryan Ross, Naoki Hatta, Tessa Ferrer, and Johannes van den Bergh.

Others Born in 1986

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Emerson
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 1,286
Nanda Costa
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 1,287
Boris Borisovich Rotenberg
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.88
Rank: 1,288
Srđan Jovanović
REFEREE
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 1,289
Svetlana Podobedova
ATHLETE
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 1,290
Naoaki Aoyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 1,291
Payal Kapadia
FILM DIRECTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 1,292
Sebastián Simonet
HANDBALL PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 1,293
Siniša Anđelković
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 1,294
Ryan Ross
MUSICIAN
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 1,295
Naoki Hatta
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 1,296
Tessa Ferrer
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.81
Rank: 1,297
Johannes van den Bergh
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 1,298