Question: Ralph Smart was a film and television director. Is Deepa Mehta also a film director?

Context articles: Deepa Mehta
Bollywood/Hollywood
Midnight's Children (film)
Giles Nuttgens
Ralph Smart
Cooking with Stella
Water (2005 film)
The Forgotten Woman
Fire (1996 film)
Earth (1998 film)

Deepa Mehta, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( born 15 September 1950) is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, "Fire" (1996), "Earth" (1998), and "Water" (2005); among which "Earth" was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and "Water" was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the third non-French-language Canadian film submitted in that category after Attila Bertalan's 1990 invented-language film "A Bullet to the Head" and Zacharias Kunuk's 2001 Inuktitut-language feature "", and the first to receive an Oscar nomination.
Bollywood/Hollywood is a 2002 Canadian film by Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehta.
 Its stars Rahul Khanna and Lisa Ray in leading roles.
 The film was lighthearted, humorous, and family-oriented, as opposed to Mehta's other films (most notably her Elements trilogy of "Fire", "Earth", and "Water"), which feature very serious themes and focus on social issues.
Midnight's Children is a 2012 Canadian-British film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel of the same name.
 The film features an ensemble cast of Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Siddharth Narayan, Ronit Roy, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Anita Majumdar and Darsheel Safary.
 With a screenplay by Rushdie and directed by Deepa Mehta, the film began principal photography in Colombo, Sri Lanka in February 2011 and wrapped in May 2011.
 Shooting was kept a secret as Mehta feared protests by Islamic fundamentalist groups.
Giles Nuttgens (born 1960), BSC is a British cinematographer, perhaps best known for the 2016 film "Hell or High Water", for which he received a 2017 BAFTA nomination.
 Fans of independent art house fare may also be familiar with his work on Deepa Mehta's "Elements trilogy", consisting of the films "Fire" (1996), "Earth" (1998) and "Water" (2005), as well as Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's epic novel "Midnight's Children (2012).
 He received critical acclaim and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography (Canadian Academy Award) for his work on "Water".
Ralph Foster Smart {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (27 August 1908 – 12 February 2001) was a film and television producer, director, and writer, born in England to Australian parents.
Cooking with Stella is a 2009 film written by siblings Deepa Mehta and Dilip Mehta.
 The film is a light comedy about a Canadian diplomat (Lisa Ray) and her husband (Don McKellar) living in New Delhi, and their cook, Stella (Seema Biswas).
 Indian actress Shriya Saran makes a special appearance.
 "Cooking with Stella" was shot on location in New Delhi, and entered post-production in May 2008.
 It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 16 September 2009.
 The film was also nominated at London Asian Film Festival under Best Crossover film category and Best actress for Seema Biswas.
Water is a 2005 Indo-Canadian film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap.
 It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India.
 The film is also the third and final instalment of Mehta's "Elements trilogy".
 It was preceded by "Fire" (1996) and "Earth" (1998).
 Author Bapsi Sidhwa wrote the 2006 novel based upon the film, "Water: A Novel", published by Milkweed Press.
 Sidhwa's earlier novel, "Cracking India" was the basis for "Earth", the second film in the trilogy.
 "Water" is a dark introspect into the tales of rural Indian widows in the 1940s and covers controversial subjects such as misogyny and ostracism.
 The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Opening Night Gala, and was released across Canada in November of that year.
 It was first released in India on 9 March 2007.
The Forgotten Woman is a 2008 Canadian documentary film directed by Dilip Mehta and written by Deepa Mehta.
 The film is about widows in India, and was inspired by Deepa Mehta's 2005 Academy Award-nominated film on the same subject, "Water".
Fire (Hindi: "Phāyar" फायर ) is a 1996 Indian-Canadian romantic drama film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, and starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das.
 It is the first installment of Mehta's "Elements trilogy"; it is succeeded by "Earth" (1998) and "Water" (2005).
Earth (released in India as 1947: Earth) is a 1999 Indian period drama film directed by Deepa Mehta.
 It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, "Cracking India", (1991, U.S.; 1992, India; originally published as "Ice Candy Man", 1988, U.K.).
 "Earth" is the second installment of Mehta's Elements trilogy, preceded by "Fire" (1996) and followed by "Water" (2005).
 It was India's entry for the 1999 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.