Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Biography at a Glance
- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker known for documentaries like Saving Face and Girl In The River: The Price Of Forgiveness.
- Obaid-Chinoy is the first filmmaker from Pakistan to ever win an Oscar and the first female film director to have won two Oscars by the age of 37.
- Her Oscar win for Girl In The River earned her a visit with the Prime Minister of Pakistan and ultimately influenced legislation on honor killings in Pakistan.
- Obaid-Chinoy is set to direct a Star Wars feature starring Daisy Ridley, making her the first woman and person of color to direct a Star Wars movie.
- She previously directed pivotal episodes of Marvel's Ms. Marvel and is set to direct Brilliance and a Diane von Furstenberg documentary for Hulu.
- Also a four-time Emmy winner and Knight International Journalism awardee, she was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.
- On stage and in her work Obaid-Chinoy highlights complex global sociopolitical issues, particularly women's struggles for justice.
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Biography
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a journalist and filmmaker most widely known for her Academy Award-winning documentary shorts: SAVING FACE and GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS. Obaid-Chinoy has dedicated her filmmaking career to shining a light on some of the most complex sociopolitical issues around the globe and has established herself a reputation for spotlighting the untold stories of women subject to injustice. Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar win for GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS earned her a monumental visit with the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2016, which ultimately impacted legislation and helped push through the long-stalled honor killing bill, the controversial law subject of her short.
Last spring, Obaid-Chinoy infused her signature style and verisimilitude she brings to her nonfiction projects to her narrative directorial debut for Marvel’s critically acclaimed series, MS.MARVEL. The series chronicled the MCU’s first Muslim character, Pakistani-American teenager, Kamala Khan, who acquires superpowers similar to that of her hero, Captain Marvel, and must navigate conflicts not only amongst supervillains in Jersey City, but at home and in high school. As a Pakistani-Canadian herself, Obaid-Chinoy brought great authenticity to MS. MARVEL’s story of Kamala Khan. Obaid-Chinoy directed two of the series' most pivotal episodes (4 and 5) in which she set a visually-rich and emotionally-urgent style and tone. The New York Times included her episodes in its annual “Best Episodes of TV” list in 2022 calling them, "ingenious and surprisingly moving.”
More recently, it was announced that Obaid-Chinoy will direct a STAR WARS feature starring Daisy Ridley. She will be the first woman and person of color to direct a STAR WARS movie. She will also direct Paramount's BRILLIANCE, based on the Marcus Sakey novel of the same name. She is co-directing the definitive Diane von Furstenberg documentary for Hulu that will premiere at Tribeca in Spring.
Obaid-Chinoy is also the recipient of Four Emmy Awards, a Knight International Journalism Award, the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian award of Pakistan, and was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Obaid-Chinoy is the first filmmaker from Pakistan to ever win an Oscar and the first female film director to have won two Oscars by the age of 37.
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Seeing Through the Eyes of Others: Redefining the Art of Storytelling
In an increasingly interconnected world, the stories we tell and how we tell them can have a profound impact on society and the human experience. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy delves into the pivotal role of audio-visual technologies in shaping and enhancing the art of storytelling. By sharing examples from her work, Obaid-Chinoy demonstrates how these technologies can place viewers in the heart of the story, making the experience more personal, emotional, and impactful to foster empathy and drive social change.
How Film Transforms the Way We See the World
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