Zoya Akhtar
Directing
- Born
- October 14, 1972 (age 54) · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
July 15, 2011
Dil Chahta Hai
July 24, 2001
Talaash
November 30, 2012
Gully Boy
February 14, 2019
Dil Dhadakne Do
June 4, 2015
Lust Stories
June 15, 2018
Lakshya
June 18, 2004
Ghost Stories
January 1, 2020
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
December 26, 2023
Luck by Chance
January 30, 2009
The Archies
November 22, 2023
Bombay Talkies
May 3, 2013
Behind the camera21
- 2026Shape of Momo Executive Producer
- 2025Superboys of Malegaon Producer
- 2023Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Writer, Producer
- 2023The Archies Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay, Lyricist
- 2020Ghost Stories Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2019Gully Boy Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2018Lust Stories Director
- 2015Dil Dhadakne Do Director, Screenplay, Story
- 2014Words with Gods Screenplay
- 2013