| Birth Place: | New Delhi, India |
| Notable Works: | Mostly Sunny |
| Relatives: | Deepa Mehta (sister) |
Dilip Mehta (born 1952 in New Delhi) is an Indian-born Canadian photojournalist and director. Mehta divides his time between New York City, Delhi and Toronto. His work as a photojournalist has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, National Geographic and Time. Mehta's five-year coverage of The Bhopal gas tragedy won him numerous prizes including the World Press award and Overseas Press award.[1]
His directorial film debut The Forgotten Woman was inspired by his work on the set of Water.[2] He directed Cooking with Stella (2009) and co-wrote the script with his sister Deepa Mehta. His 2016 documentary Mostly Sunny is a profile of Bollywood actress and former pornographic star Sunny Leone.[3]
| 1996 | Fire | Erotic drama film | |||||
| 1998 | Earth | Period romance drama | |||||
| 2005 | Water | Drama film | |||||
| 2008 | The Forgotten Woman | Documentary film | |||||
| 2012 | Midnight's Children | Based on the novel by Salman Rushdie | |||||
| 2015 | The Offer | Short drama | |||||
| 2009 | Cooking with Stella | Comedy film | |||||
| 2016 | Mostly Sunny | Documentary film |