Biography
Gurinder Chadha is a Kenyan-born British film director, screenwriter and producer. She was born in Nairobi on 10 January 1960 and grew up in Southall, west London. She began her career as a BBC radio news reporter, directed award-winning documentaries for the BBC, the British Film Institute and Channel 4, and made her feature debut with the comedy-drama Bhaji on the Beach (1993).
Chadha is best known for Bend It Like Beckham (2002), which she directed, co-wrote and co-produced. Her other credits include Bride & Prejudice (2004), Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), Viceroy's House (2017) and Blinded by the Light (2019). Many of her films explore the experiences of South Asians in Britain. She received an OBE in 2006 for services to the British film industry and is married to screenwriter and director Paul Mayeda Berges.
