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.
Early and personal life Of Japanese and a "bit of Basque" ancestry, 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
Year Film Type Credit 1990Blue FunnelShort filmWriter 2000What's Cooking? Feature film Writer 2002 Bend It Like Beckham Feature film Writer 2004Bride 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 2010It's a Wonderful Afterlife Feature film Writer 2016 Viceroy's House Feature film Writer, Producer 2019 Blinded by the Light Feature film Writer
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External links
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
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