Payal Kapadia
Directing
Birthday: January 4, 1986 (age 40)
Departments: Directing, Writing, Production, Editing
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 I…
If on a Winter's Night2025• Executive Producer
All We Imagine as Light2024• Director
A Night of Knowing Nothing2022• Director and Writer
Between Day and Night2021• Director
And What Is the Summer Saying?2018• Writer
Afternoon Clouds2017• Director
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon2015• Writer
The Last of Them Plagues• Producer