Paul Mayeda Berges
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Born | Torrance, California, U.S. | September 11, 1968
Years active | 1990 – present |
Spouse | Gurinder Chadha |
Children | 2 |
Paul Mayeda Berges (born September 11, 1968) is an American screenwriter and director. He is known for his work on films such as 2002's Bend It Like Beckham.[1]
Early and personal life
Of Japanese and a "bit of Basque" ancestry,The Mistress of Spices, based on the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
Berges officially met Chadha in March 1994, while he was working as a festival director at the San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival. They had also briefly met in September 1993. They married in the mid-nineties and have twins together; a boy named Ronak and a girl named Kumiko (born June 7, 2007).
Filmography
Year | Film | Type | Credit |
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1990 | Blue Funnel | Short film | Writer |
2000 | What's Cooking? | Feature film | Writer |
2002 | Bend It Like Beckham | Feature film | Writer[3] |
2004 | Bride and Prejudice | Feature film | Writer |
2005 | The Mistress of Spices
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Feature film | Director, Writer |
2006 | Paris, je t'aime – Quais de Seine | Anthology film | Writer |
2008 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | Feature film | Writer |
2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Feature film | Writer |
2016 | Viceroy's House | Feature film | Writer, Producer |
2019 | Blinded by the Light | Feature film | Writer |
References
- ^ "How 'Bend It Like Beckham' bent the rules and became a girl power classic". EW.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ The Guardian: Interview – Gurinder Chadha (16 July 2006) The Observer.
- ^ Simonpillai, Radheyan (November 20, 2019). "Gurinder Chadha on why Bend It Like Beckham still matters". NOW Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul Mayeda Berges.
- Paul Mayeda Berges at IMDb
- BBC Movies: Interview – Paul Mayeda Berges (April 2006)
- Birmingham Mail: Film Reviews – Film: Gurinder Chadha reveals how marriage and babies were written in her stars (April 23, 2010)
- Culture.com: Bend It Like Beckham – About The Filmmakers
- Filmmaker GURINDER CHADHA: Could She 'Bend It' Without A British Accent?
- RS Bollywood Online: Premier Indian Film Portal – Gurinder Chadha gives birth to twins (June 9, 2007)
- The Writing Studio: The art of writing and making films – THE MISTRESS OF SPICES (Paul Mayeda Berges – Director/Writer)
- Toronto International Film Festival