Directing
Zoya Akhtar
Hindi, Nepali cinema · 20 credits
Born
14 October 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Also known as Ζόια Ακτάρ
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
Jee Le Zaraa
Writer, Producer
Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project
Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project
Writer, Director, Producer
Shape of Momo
Executive Producer
The Archies
Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay, Lyricist
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Writer, Producer
Ghost Stories
Director, Story, Screenplay
Gully Boy
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Lust Stories
Director
Dil Dhadakne Do
Director, Story, Screenplay
Bombay Talkies
Director, Screenplay
Talaash
Story, Screenplay
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Story, Director, Writer
Luck by Chance
Director, Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Migration
Screenplay
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Executive Producer
Lakshya
First Assistant Director, Executive Producer
Dil Chahta Hai
Casting Director, Assistant Director
Bombay Boys
Assistant Director