Zoya Akhtar
Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Born to to poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, where she assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before turning writer-director in her own right. She achieved her breakthrough with the comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Director. She has since directed the comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), segments in the anthology films Lust Stories (2018) and Ghost Stories (2020), and the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), which won her a second Filmfare Award for Best Director.
Fotos
Filme (23)

Shape of Momo
2026 · Executive Producer

Die Superboys von Malegaon
2025 · Producer

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
2023 · Writer, Producer

The Archies
2023 · Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay, Lyricist

Historias de fantasmas
2020 · Director, Story, Screenplay

Gully Boy
2019 · Director, Screenplay, Producer

Bajo el hechizo del deseo
2018 · Director

Dil Dhadakne Do - Ozean der Träume
2015 · Director, Story, Screenplay

Words with Gods
2014 · Screenplay

Bombay Talkies
2013 · Director, Screenplay

Making of Talaash
2012 · Self

Talaash
2012 · Story, Screenplay

Man lebt nur einmal
2011 · Story, Director, Writer

Luck by Chance – Liebe, Glück und andere Zufälle
2009 · Director, Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer

Migration
2008 · Screenplay

Total verrückte Flitterwochen
2007 · Executive Producer

Mut zur Entscheidung - Lakshya
2004 · First Assistant Director, Executive Producer

Dil Chahta Hai – Freunde wie wir
2001 · Casting Director, Assistant Director

Bombay Boys
1998 · Assistant Director

Kama Sutra - Die Kunst der Liebe
1997 · Rasa Devi's Courtesan

Jee Le Zaraa
· Writer, Producer
Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project
· Writer, Director, Producer
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2
· Director, Writer
Serien (13)

In Transit
2025 · Executive Producer, Creator

The Roshans
2025 · Self

Angry Young Men
2024 · Self, Executive Producer

Dahaad
2023 · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator

Eternally Confused and Eager for Love
2022 · Executive Producer

Made in Heaven
2019 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creative Director, Creator

BFFs with Vogue
2016 · Self

Comedy Nights with Kapil
2013 · Self

Koffee with Karan
2004 · Self

Indian Idol
2004 · Self
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
2002 · Herself

Kaun Banega Crorepati
2000 · Self

The Daily Show
1996 · Self


