Editing Deepa Mehta (section)

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
|-
| rowspan="3" |2016
|[[Toronto International Film Festival]]
|Best Canadian Feature Film
| rowspan="3" |[[Anatomy of Violence]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Seminci|Valladolid International Film Festival]]
|Golden Spike – Best Film
|{{nom}}
|-
|Washington DC South Asian Film Festival
|Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|[[Toronto Film Critics Association|Toronto Film Critics Association Awards]]
|Clyde Gilmour Award
|
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Toronto International Film Festival]]
|Best Canadian Feature Film
|[[Beeba Boys]] 
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|[[Canadian Screen Awards]]
|Achievement in Direction
| rowspan="4" |[[Midnight's Children (film)|Midnight's Children]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Directors Guild of Canada]]
|DGC Team Award – Feature Film
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|[[BFI London Film Festival|London Film Festival]]
|Best Film
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Seminci|Valladolid International Film Festival]]
|Golden Spike – Best Film
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2009
|[[Directors Guild of Canada]]
|DGC Team Award – Feature Film
| rowspan="5" |[[Heaven on Earth (2008 film)|Heaven on Earth]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Genie Awards]]
|Best Screenplay, Original
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]]
|Best Director – Canadian Film
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
| rowspan="2" |[[Dubai International Film Festival]]
|Muhr AsiaAfrica Award: Best Scriptwriter – Feature
|{{won}}
|-
|Muhr AsiaAfrica Award: Best Film – Feature
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007
|[[Nastro d'Argento|Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists]]
|Silver Ribbon – Best Non-European Director
| rowspan="2" |[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Chlotrudis Awards]]
|Best Director
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[International Indian Film Academy Awards|Awards of the International Indian Film Academy]]
|Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema
|
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |2006
|[[Genie Awards]]
|Best Achievement in Direction
| rowspan="7" |[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Films from the South|Oslo Films from the South Festival]]
|Silver Mirror Award – Best Feature
|{{won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics]]
|Humanitarian Award
|{{won}}
|-
|[[CAAMFest|San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival]]
|Audience Award – Best Narrative Feature
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Taormina Film Fest|Taormina International Film Festival]]
|Arte Award
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]]
|Best Director – Canadian Film
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Women Film Critics Circle|Women Film Critics Circle Awards]]
|Best Foreign Movie by or About Women
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2005
|Toronto [[Female Eye Film Festival]]
|Honorary Director Award
|
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Seminci|Valladolid International Film Festival]]
| rowspan="1" |Youth Jury Award
| rowspan="2" |[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Golden Spike
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |2003
|[[Directors Guild of Canada]]
|DGC Team Award – Feature Film
| rowspan="5" |[[Bollywood/Hollywood]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Genie Awards]]
|Best Screenplay, Original
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Newport International Film Festival]]
|Student Jury Award
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Sarasota Film Festival]]
|Audience Award – Best Comedy
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]]
|Best Director – Canadian Film
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |1997
|[[Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival]]
|Best Feature Film
| rowspan="6" |[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Outfest|L.A. Outfest]]
|Outstanding Narrative Feature
|{{won}}
|-
|Verona Love Screens Film Festival
|Best Film
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |1996
| rowspan="2" |[[International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg|Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival]]
|Special Prize of the Jury
|{{won}}
|-
|International Independent Award
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vancouver International Film Festival]]
|Most Popular Canadian Film
|{{won}}
|-
|1976
|[[Chicago International Film Festival]]
|Gold Hugo – Best Documentary
|At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch
|{{nom}}
|}
In addition to her filmmaking awards, Mehta has received the following honors:

*[[Doctor of Laws]], [[University of Victoria]], 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://communications.uvic.ca/releases/release.php?display=release&id=1089 |title=Honorary Degrees For Leaders in Arts, Business And Law |publisher=Communications.uvic.ca |date=5 November 2009 |access-date=3 March 2011}}</ref>
*Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winner, 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canada's Top 25 Immigrants 2009|url=https://canadianimmigrant.ca/canadas-top-25-immigrants/canadas-top-25-immigrants-2009|access-date=18 June 2021|website=Canadian Immigrant|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Governor General's Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement]], 2012<ref name="GG">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/rush-wins-governor-general-s-award-1.1212117|title=Rush wins Governor General's Award|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=6 March 2012|access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
*Doctor of Laws, [[Mount Allison University]], 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary degree recipients 21st century |url=https://www.mta.ca/Community/Governance_and_admin/Governance/Board_of_Regents/Board_committees/Honorary_degrees/Honorary_degree_recipients_21st_century/Honorary_degree_recipients_21st_century/ |website=Mount Allison University |access-date=24 January 2020 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609232358/https://www.mta.ca/Community/Governance_and_admin/Governance/Board_of_Regents/Board_committees/Honorary_degrees/Honorary_degree_recipients_21st_century/Honorary_degree_recipients_21st_century/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Doctor of Letters]], [[Concordia University]], 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary degree recipients |url=https://www.concordia.ca/offices/archives/honorary-degree-recipients.html |website=Concordia University}}</ref>
* Member of the [[Order of Ontario]], 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2013/01/25-appointees-named-to-ontarios-highest-honour.html|title=25 Appointees Named to Ontario's Highest Honour|work=Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration}}</ref>
* Officer of the [[Order of Canada]], 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15215|title=Appointments to the Order of Canada|date=28 June 2013|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref>
* Head Juror: In 2021 she was selected as head juror for BIFF New Current Award in [[26th Busan International Film Festival]] to be held in October.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/003/0010685662 |title= 부산국제영화제, 경쟁부문 '뉴 커런츠' 심사위원 확정 |trans-title= Busan International Film Festival Confirms Jury for 'New Currents' in Competition|author= Ha Kyung-min |work= Newsis |publisher= Naver |date= 26 August 2021 |access-date= 26 August 2021 |language=ko}}</ref>