Directing · geboren 1972-10-14 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zoya Akhtar
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.
Bekannt aus
- The Daily Show (1996) – Self
- Man lebt nur einmal (2011) – Director
- Dil Chahta Hai – Freunde wie wir (2001) – Casting Director
- तलाश (2012) – Story
- Gully Boy (2019) – Director
- Kama Sutra - Die Kunst der Liebe (1997) – Rasa Devi's Courtesan
- Dil Dhadakne Do - Ozean der Träume (2015) – Director
- Lust Stories (2018) – Director
- Mut zur Entscheidung - Lakshya (2004) – First Assistant Director
- Ghost Stories (2020) – Director
- खो गए हम कहाँ (2023) – Writer
- Luck by Chance – Liebe, Glück und andere Zufälle (2009) – Director
- द आर्चीज़ (2023) – Director
- Bombay Talkies (2013) – Director
- Die Superboys von Malegaon (2025) – Producer
- Made in Heaven (2019) – Executive Producer
- दहाड़ (2023) – Executive Producer
- कौन बनेगा करोड़पति (2000) – Self
- Total verrückte Flitterwochen (2007) – Executive Producer
- कॉफ़ी विद करण (2004) – Self
- Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) – Self
- Indian Idol (2004) – Self
- Eternally Confused and Eager for Love (2022) – Executive Producer
- The Roshans (2025) – Self
- Bombay Boys (1998) – Assistant Director
- Words with Gods (2014) – Screenplay
- BFFs with Vogue (2016) – Self
- एंग्री यंग मेन (2024) – Self
- Migration (2008) – Screenplay
- Making of Talaash (2012) – Self
- Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (2002) – Herself
- Jee Le Zaraa – Writer
- Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project – Director
- ज़िन्दगी ना मिलेगी दोबारा २ – Director
- Shape of Momo (2026) – Executive Producer
- In Transit (2025) – Executive Producer