Zoya Akhtar
Directing
Birthday: October 14, 1972 (age 53)
Departments: Directing, Writing, Production, Art
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 Gh…
Crew
Superboys of Malegaon2025• Producer
The Archies2023• Director
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan2023• Writer
Ghost Stories2020• Director
Gully Boy2019• Director
Lust Stories2018• Director
Dil Dhadakne Do2015• Director, Screenplay and Story
Bombay Talkies2013• Director
Talaash2012• Story
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara2011• Director
Luck by Chance2009• Director
Migration2008• Screenplay
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.2007• Executive Producer
Lakshya2004• First Assistant Director
Dil Chahta Hai2001• Casting Director and Assistant Director
Bombay Boys1998• Assistant Director
Passage of Family• Writer
Gully Boy 2• Producer
Jee Le Zaraa• Writer
Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project• Director
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2• Director