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]
Paul Mayeda Berges | |
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 Berges at the Berlinale 2017 | |
| Born | September 11, 1968 Torrance, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
| Spouse | Gurinder Chadha |
| Children | 2 |
Early and personal life
editOf Japanese and a "bit of Basque" ancestry,[2] Berges attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studied film and graduated in 1990. He began his career by making documentaries on the Japanese American community and teaching film production to high school students. He has collaborated with his wife, British-Indian director Gurinder Chadha, on a number of films and made his directorial debut in 2005 with 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
edit| Year | Film | Type | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- 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