Gurinder Chadha
Directing · Director · Producer · Screenplay
Born Jan 10, 1960 · Nairobi, Kenya
Active 1990–present · Awards: BBC 100 Women, honorary doctorate
Gurinder Kaur Chadha (born January 10, 1960), is a Kenyan-born British film director. She was brought up in Southall, West London in a Punjabi Sikh family. Most of her films explore the lives of South Asians living in the United Kingdom.
Filmography
Christmas Karma (2025) — Director · Producer · Lyricist · ScreenplayPashmina — DirectorBend It Like Beckham (2002) — Woman in Park/Wedding Guest (uncredited) · Director · Producer · WriterParis Je T'aime (2006) — Director · WriterBlinded by the Light (2019) — Director · Writer · ProducerAngus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) — Screenplay · Director · ProducerBride & Prejudice (2004) — Director · Producer · ScreenplayViceroy's House (2017) — Director · Writer · ProducerThe Mistress of Spices (2005) — WriterBeecham House (2019) — Writer · Director · CreatorThe Stupids (1996) — Reporter #1What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny? (1994) — Producer · DirectorWhat's Cooking? (2000) — Director · Writer · Associate ProducerHomemade (2020) — Director · Director of Photography · WriterBhaji on the Beach (1993) — Director · Writer2 Tone: The Sound of Coventry (2021)I'm British But... (1990) — Director · WriterActing Our Age (1992) — DirectorIt's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010) — Producer · Director · ScreenplayA Nice Arrangement (1994) — Screenplay · Director · StoryIndia's Partition: The Forgotten Story (2017) — DirectorQuais de Seine (2006) — Director · WriterRich Deceiver (1995) — DirectorUntitled Aardman Animated Musical — Screenplay · Director