7 Indian Directors Who Had Also Directed Hollywood Films

Indian cinema is now more than 100 years old and during this time it has produced a lot of capable directors who not only worked in Bollywood but also in Hollywood. Yes, you heard me right, there are some directors who not only direct Indian films but also Hollywood films. Here’s a list of those directors, so let’s take a look at it.

So here are those 7 Indian directors who had directed Hollywood films too!

7. Shekhar Kapur

Shekhar Kapur is the one who gave us brilliant and iconic films like ‘Mr. India’, ‘Masoom’ and more. While this time he also directed a Hollywood film named ‘Elizabeth-The Golden Age’ and ‘Elizabeth’.

6. Ritesh Batra

Ritesh Batra directed a masterpiece like ‘Lunchbox’ starring Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur and this film got praised on a high level. With it, he also directed ‘Our Souls At Night’ in Hollywood starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.

5. Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Vidhu Vinod Chopra had directed fabulous films like ‘Eklavya’ and ‘Parinda’ and while that time he also directed a movie in Hollywood named ‘Broken Horses’.

4. Mira Nair

Mira Nair directed a movie in Bollywood named ‘Salaam Bombay’ and also a Hollywood movie named ‘Amelia’. She is not that well-known director but she is surely trying to capture a base.

3. Bornila Chatterjee

Bornila is a Kolkata based filmmaker and has directed a Naseeruddin Shah movie called ‘The Hungry’ and is also a Hollywood director and is behind the films like ‘Let’s be Out and Sun is Shining’.

2. Jahnu Barua

Jahnu Barua is an Assamese director and has directed a film in Bollywood called ‘Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara’ and also tried his direction on Hollywood movies like ‘Homing Pigeons’.

1. Param Gill

Param Gill has directed a single movie in Hollywood called the ‘Hotel Hollywood’ and also directed some Bollywood films and one of them is Warrior Savitri.0