Payal Kapadia
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 Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt.
Acting
Crew
Movie
All We Imagine as Light
Director
2024
Movie
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Director
2022
Movie
And What Is the Summer Saying?
Writer
2018
Movie
Afternoon Clouds
Director
2017
Movie
Between Day and Night
Director
2021
Movie
The Last Mango Before the Monsoon
Writer
2015
Movie
Memory Of Being Here
Director
2014
Movie
Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost
Director
2014
Movie
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Director
2012
Movie
Kapadia's Second Film in Mumbai Trilogy
Writer
Movie
The Last of Them Plagues
Producer
Movie
If on a Winter's Night
Executive Producer
2025