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's degree from Sophia college. She then went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
If on a Winter's Night
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2025
All We Imagine as Light
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2024
All We Imagine as Light
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2024
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2022
Between Day and Night
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
Between Day and Night
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2021
And What Is the Summer Saying?
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2018
And What Is the Summer Saying?
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
Afternoon Clouds
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
Afternoon Clouds
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2017
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2015
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2015
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Memory Of Being Here
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2012
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
Role: Writer
MOVIE • TBA
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
Role: Director
MOVIE • TBA
The Last of Them Plagues
Role: Producer
MOVIE • TBA