Biography
Paul Mayeda Berges is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He was born on 11 September 1968 in California and studied film at the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduating in 1990. He began his career making documentaries about the Japanese American community.
Berges has frequently collaborated with his wife, the director Gurinder Chadha. Their joint credits include the screenplay for Bend It Like Beckham (2002), on which he is also credited as a producer, as well as What's Cooking? (2000), Bride & Prejudice (2004) and Blinded by the Light (2019). He made his directorial debut with The Mistress of Spices (2005) and has contributed to other films including Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) and Viceroy's House (2017).
