Zoya Akhtar
- Directing
- October 14, 1972 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Biography
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
- Shape of Momo · Executive producer
- In Transit · Executive producer, Creator
- Superboys of Malegaon · Producer
- The Roshans · Self
- Angry Young Men · Self, Executive producer
- Kho Gaye Hum Kahan · Writer, Producer
- The Archies · Director, Producer
- Dahaad · Executive producer, Writer
- Eternally Confused and Eager for Love · Executive producer
- Ghost Stories · Director, Story
- Made in Heaven · Director, Executive producer
- Gully Boy · Director, Screenplay
- Lust Stories · Director
- BFFs with Vogue · Self
- Dil Dhadakne Do · Director, Story
- Words with Gods · Screenplay
- Comedy Nights with Kapil · Self
- Bombay Talkies · Director, Screenplay
- Making of Talaash · Self
- Talaash · Story, Screenplay
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara · Story, Director
- Luck by Chance · Director, Story
- Migration · Screenplay
- Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. · Executive producer
- Koffee with Karan · Self
- Indian Idol · Self
- Lakshya · First Assistant Director, Executive producer
- Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai · Self
- Dil Chahta Hai · Casting Director, Assistant Director
- Kaun Banega Crorepati · Self
- Bombay Boys · Assistant Director
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love · Rasa Devi's Courtesan
- The Daily Show · Self
- Jee Le Zaraa · Writer, Producer
- Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project · Writer, Director
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2 · Director, Writer