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Pratibha Parmar

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Writer, Director & Producer Pratibha Parmar directs for film and television. Her credits include ALICE WALKER: BEAUTY IN TRUTH, a feature length documentary on the life of Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE and includes interviews with Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover and Quincy Jones. She made her narrative feature debut with Nina's Heavenly Delights, a romantic comedy set in Scotland. In 2019 Pratibha made her US debut as a director of scripted television when she was invited by Ava DuVernay to direct episode 12 of Season 4 of QUEEN SUGAR, executive produced by Ava DuVernay & Oprah Winfrey for OWN/Warner Brothers. In 2020, Pratibha was selected as part of NBC's pioneering Female Forward project, designed to promote female directors in the world of scripted television drama. Pratibha was born in Nairobi, Kenya and lives between London, England and Berkeley, California.
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
    7.4
    • Director
    • 2013
    Shelley Conn and Laura Fraser in Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
    Nina's Heavenly Delights
    6.3
    • Director
    • 2006
    My Name Is Andrea (2022)
    My Name Is Andrea
    7.3
    • Director
    • 2022
    A Place of Rage (1991)
    A Place of Rage
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1991

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    • My Name Is Andrea (2022)
      My Name Is Andrea
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • While We Breathe (2020)
      While We Breathe
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Queen Sugar (2016)
      Queen Sugar
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
      Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Shelley Conn and Laura Fraser in Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
      Nina's Heavenly Delights
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Doctors (2000)
      Doctors
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Single Voices
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000
    • Brimful of Asia
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1998
    • The Righteous Babes
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Wavelengths
      6.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Jodie: An Icon
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Inside Out
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Kaleem Janjua, Nisha Nayar, Pratibha Parmar, Puneet Sira, Frances-Anne Solomon, and Meera Syal in Memsahib Rita (1994)
      Memsahib Rita
      TV Short
      • Director
      • 1994

    Writer



    • My Name Is Andrea (2022)
      My Name Is Andrea
      7.3
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Masculinity/Femininity (2014)
      Masculinity/Femininity
      6.6
      • writer
      • 2014
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
      Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
      7.4
      • written by
      • 2013
    • Shelley Conn and Laura Fraser in Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
      Nina's Heavenly Delights
      6.3
      • story by
      • 2006
    • Sari Red
      8.1
      Short
      • written by
      • 1988
    • Emergence
      Short
      • written by
      • 1986

    Producer



    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
      Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
      7.4
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Shelley Conn and Laura Fraser in Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
      Nina's Heavenly Delights
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2006
    • The Righteous Babes
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1998
    • Warrior Marks
      5.1
      • producer
      • 1994
    • Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun (1992)
      Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1992

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      • Pratbha Parmar

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