Dilip Mehta

Dilip Mehta grew up in Delhi India and went to the prestigious Doon School in Dehra Dun, graduating from the Delhi University with an Economics Commerce degree. Along with his sister, Director-Producer Deepa Mehta, he was a founding member and partner of Sunrise Films Limited in Toronto, which produced documentaries, television series and feature films during the 1980s and 90s. An internationally renowned photojournalist, Dilip Mehta has photographed for some of the world’s leading publications such as National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Figaro, Stern, The London Sunday Times and The New York Times amongst others. He was the Creative Producer of Deepa Mehta’s critically acclaimed Earth and was the Production Designer and Associate Producer of the film Water, which was shot on location in Sri Lanka.

Also see: Dilip Mehta talks about The Making of Cooking With Stella.