We all know her as a Honest and straight forward director who never backed from showing her ideas on screen in a very real manner. Controversies and comments never stopped her from being a star director, she is none other than Deepa Mehta, the Indian born Canadian Director known for her Elements Trilogy . Winner of Genie Award for direction for Hollywood/Bollywood . Deep Mehta started her career as screen writer for children films. She won nearly 13 awards and 7 nominations . Mehta movies along with Bapsi Sidhwa gave good name for her work on Indian Culture . Her movies like 'Earth' ,'Water' based on novels of Bapsi Sidhwa.

• Deepa Mehta did her education in India and them immigrated to Canada in 1973 , Started her career in year 1975 .She made her entrance as director with movie 'Sam and Me', and this secured place in Cannes Film Festival.
  
  
• For her movie 'Camilla' in 1991, she received many appreciations from all over the world for her best screen play. She even did many television shows like 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'.
  
  
• Her Movie 'Fire' (1996) brought in many controversies several parts of India. But nothing could stop this daring lady from directing her real ideas.
  
  
• Her Movie 'Earth' in 1998 was the Indian Movie nominated in 2000 72^nd Academy Award for best Foreign Film., And next movie 'Water' in 2005 nominated for 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
  
  
• 'Heaven On the Earth' (2008) was screened in Toronto Film festival 2008 , 'What's Cooking Stella' (2009) is recently screened in Toronto Film Festival 2009.