Payal Kapadia
Directing
Born: 1986-01-04 · Mumbai, India
Biography
Payal Kapadia (born 4 January 1986) is an Indian filmmaker. She is best known for having won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for her film A Night of Knowing Nothing. In 2017, her film Afternoon Clouds was the only Indian film that was selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Born in Mumbai, Kapadia went to Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. She got a Bachelor's degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She did a one-year Master
🎬 Movies (11)
Shape of Momo
2026
Executive Producer
If on a Winter's Night
2025
Executive Producer
All We Imagine as Light
2024
Director
A Night of Knowing Nothing
2022
Director
Between Day and Night
2021
Director
And What Is the Summer Saying?
2018
Director
Afternoon Clouds
2017
Director
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
2015
Director
Memory Of Being Here
2014
Director
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
2014
Director
Weapons of Mass Destruction
2012
Director
