Gurinder Chadha 1005258 226000311 2008-07-16T11:36:11Z 79.68.78.2 /* Filmography */ '''Gurinder Chadha''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], (born [[10 January]] [[1960]]), in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[film director]] of [[India]]n origin. Her films explore the lives of Indians living in the [[UK]]. She is most famous for the hit film ''[[Bend it Like Beckham]]''. == Background == Gurinder Chadha was born in [[Kenya]] but when she was two her family moved to [[Southall]], [[London]]. There Chadha attended Clifton Primary School. <ref name="bbc">BBC News (Friday December 14 2007) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7144692.stm Chadha to direct school Nativity] Accessed 2007-12-14</ref> She got a job as a [[BBC Radio]] reporter until she made a documentary for [[Channel 4]] in 1989. Chadha moved into film production in 1993. She is married to filmmaker [[Paul Mayeda Berges]], with whom she sometimes collaborates. They have twin babies. ==Career== Chadha is best known for her films ''[[Bhaji on the Beach]]'' (1993), ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'' (2002) and ''[[Bride and Prejudice]]'' (2004). In the 1980s she began making documentaries for the [[BBC]], and in 1989 released "I'm British but..." for [[Channel 4]], which followed the lives of young [[British Asians]]. In 1990, Chadha set up a [[production company]], Umbi Films. Her first film was the 11-minute "Nice Arrangement" (1991) about a British Asian wedding. She wrote the screenplay for ''[[The Mistress of Spices (film)|The Mistress of Spices]]'' (based upon [[Mistress of Spices|the novel of the same name]] by [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]]) with Berges, who directed the film. In 2005 she appeared on the BBC show ''Your London'', in which she told the story of a [[Sikh]] prince who lived in [[London]] in the 19th century. In 2006 she took part in the BBC genealogy series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' in which she traced her Sikh family roots back to Kenya and before that to India's [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. Although the [[BBC]] had confirmed that Chadha was to direct the forthcoming [[feature film]] adaptation of the popular TV series ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'', she left the project in 2007.<ref>Friday April 21 2006) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4931704.stm Chadha to direct new Dallas film]</ref><ref name="bbc"/> Chadha was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the British Empire]] (OBE) on [[17 June]] [[2006]]. ==Filmography== * ''[[Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (film)|Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging]]'' (2008) * ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]'' (2006) segment "Quais de Seine" * ''[[The Mistress of Spices (film)|The Mistress of Spices]]'' (2005) (screenplay only) * ''[[Bride and Prejudice]]'' (2004) * ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'' (2002) * ''[[What's Cooking? (2000 film)|What's Cooking?]]'' (2000) * ''Rich Deceiver'' (1995), BBC two-part drama * ''A Nice Arrangement'' (1994) * ''What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?'' (1994) * ''[[Bhaji on the Beach]]'' (1993) * ''Acting Our Age'' (1992) * ''Pain, Passion and Profit'' (1992) (V) * ''I'm British But...'' (1990) (TV) ==Appearances== * ''[[Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' (2006) * ''Your London'' (2005) * ''[[Koffee with Karan]]'' (2005) == See also == * [[Women's Cinema]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/502103/ Biography and filmography] from the [[British Film Institute]]'s [[Screenonline]] * [http://www.sawnet.org/cinema/?Chadha+Gurinder SAWNET biography] * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149446/ Gurinder Chadha] at the [[Internet Movie Database]] *[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1821203,00.html Interview: Gurinder Chadha] ''The Observer'' * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s2_celeb_gallery_06.shtml Gurinder Chadha on ''Who Do You Think You Are?''] {{DEFAULTSORT:Chadha, Gurinder}} [[Category:Female film directors]] [[Category:Indian film directors]] [[Category:Indian women film directors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:British Sikhs]] [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:British people of Indian descent]] [[de:Gurinder Chadha]] [[es:Gurinder Chadha]] [[fr:Gurinder Chadha]] [[nl:Gurinder Chadha]] [[ja:グリンダ・チャーダ]] [[pl:Gurinder Chadha]] [[tr:Gurinder Chadha]]