# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deepa-mehta
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:12:35.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deepa-mehta"
name: "Deepa Mehta"
slug: "deepa-mehta"
description: "Deepa Mehta, is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005), the last being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards."
tagline: "Indo Canadian film director and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deepa_Mehta.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.410958904109589
  historical:           21.85660266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0576548"
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    url:       "https://www.hamiltonmehta.com/"
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    title: "দীপা মেহতা"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ദീപ മേഹ്ത"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Deepa Mehta"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump