GURINDER CHADHA
Gurinder Chadha is one of the UK’s most respected award-winning filmmakers. She made her directing debut with the documentary "I'm British but...". Her first feature, "Bhaji on the Beach", hareceived a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film and the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Newcomer to British Cinema. Her next film, "What's Cooking?", was the Opening Night Film of Sundance in 2000 and was the first British script to be invited to the Sundance Institute’s Writer’s Lab. Chadha’s "Bend it like Beckham" was the highest-grossing British-distributed film ever in the UK, topped box office charts internationally, and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, a BAFTA Award nomination for Best British Film, and a Writers Guild nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Her other films include "Bride & Prejudice", "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging", "It's a Wonderful Afterlife" and "Viceroy's House". She more recently created the upcoming drama series "Beecham House" for ITV and Masterpiece/PBS. Chadha was awarded an O.B.E. in the 2006 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to the British Film Industry.

Director's statement
"At a time of such political and social instability in the world, this film provides us with a vital reminder of our shared humanity and the transformative power of music on both a personal and global scale.” On meeting Bruce Springsteen in 2010: “I quickly pitched him the film we wanted to make from the book Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock’N’Roll on the red carpet and to our excitement Bruce nodded and said, ‘Sounds good, talk to Jon.’ We then spent several years developing a script we knew had to impress Springsteen and managers Jon Landau and Barbara Carr or there would be no film without his music and blessings".