Richie Mehta

Who is Richie Mehta?

Richie Mehta is a Canadian film director. His first feature film, Amal, was released in 2008, and was nominated for Best Motion Picture and Best Director at the 29th Genie Awards.

His brother Shaun is a writer. Amal was based on a short story from his 2005 collection A Slice of Life. Richie and Shaun are not related to film director Deepa Mehta.

Mehta attended the University of Toronto Mississauga as an undergraduate, and worked at The Medium, the UTM campus newspaper, as arts editor and editor-in-chief.