Dilip Mehta

Dilip Mehta was born in Delhi, India. For his secondary education, he attended the prestigious Doon School in Dehra Dun and graduated from the Delhi University with a degree in Economics/Commerce.

Along with his sister, Director/Producer Deepa Mehta, he was a founding member and partner of Sunrise Films Limited, Toronto, Canada. Sunrise Films produced numerous documentaries, television series and feature films during the eighties and nineties.

As an internationally renowned photojournalist, Dilip 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. His incisive coverage of the Bhopal Gas tragedy and photo reportage of its aftermath over a five-year period won him accolades including the World Press and Overseas Press Awards.

He is a member-photographer of the prestigious New York and Paris based CONTACT PRESS IMAGES, a photo agency that represents an exclusive group of photojournalists who share a unique vision.

His work has been published in the award-winning Day in the Life series in America, Canada, Russia, Australia, Japan, Italy, Spain, and China and he was the subject of a one hour documentary –“Traveling Light: The Photojournalism of Dilip Mehta,” co-produced with CBC and Channel-4, England.

In addition to his photojournalism, Dilip is active in the field of television and filmmaking. He was the Special Stills Photographer on Gandhi, The Razor’s Edge, Fire and the Canadian television series, Danger Bay. He was the Creative Producer of Deepa Mehta’s critically acclaimed Earth, and was the Production Designer and Associate Producer of the film, Water, shot on location in Sri Lanka.

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