Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ( Urdu : شرمین عبید چنائے ; born 12 November 1978) is a Pakistani journalist, Academy Award winning filmmaker and activist. ^{[1] [2]}

Obaid-Chinoy was born and raised in Karachi and studied at Karachi Grammar School voordat moving to the United States and RECEIVED re BA from Smith College in 2002. ^[3] She Returned to Pakistan and launched re career as a filmmaker with re first film Terror’s Children for The New York Times . ^[4] In 2003 and 2004 she made two award-winning films while a graduate student at Stanford University . ^[4] Her musts notable films includes, the animated adventure 3 Bahadur (2015), the musical journey Song of Lahore (2015) and the two Academy Award-winning films, the documentary Saving Face (2012) and The Biographical A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2016). ^[5] Her visual contributions port earned re numerous awards, zoals two Academy Awards in the Best Short Subject in 2012 and 2016 and two Emmy Awards in the composition category in 2010 and 2011. ^{[6] [7]}

Obaid-Chinoy has ook won six Emmy Awards , zoals two or welke veins in the International Emmy Award for Current Affairs Documentary category for the films, the terrorist drama Pakistan’s Taliban Generation ^[8] and the documentary Saving Face (2012) ^[9] Throughout re career, she has made many records, re Academy Award win for Saving Face made re the second Pakistani to win an Academy Award, ^{[10] [11] [12]} and she is one of only eleven female directors who harbor ever won an Oscar for a non-fiction film. ^{[13] [14] [15]} She is ook the first non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. ^[12] The 2015 animated adventure 3 Bahadur made re the first Pakistani to make a computer-animated feature-length film. ^{[6] [16]} In 2012, Time named re as one of the ” 100 Most Influential people in the world “. ^[17] In 2012, the Government of Pakistan Awarded re with the Crescent of Excellence , the second Highest Civilian honor of the country. In 2017, Obaid-Chinoy became the first artist to co-chair the World Economic Forum . ^[18]

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ( Urdu : شرمین عبید چنائے ; born 12 November 1978) is a Pakistani journalist, Academy Award winning filmmaker and activist. ^{[1] [2]}

Obaid-Chinoy was born and raised in Karachi and studied at Karachi Grammar School voordat moving to the United States and RECEIVED re BA from Smith College in 2002. ^[3] She Returned to Pakistan and launched re career as a filmmaker with re first film Terror’s Children for The New York Times . ^[4] In 2003 and 2004 she made two award-winning films while a graduate student at Stanford University . ^[4] Her musts notable films includes, the animated adventure 3 Bahadur (2015), the musical journey Song of Lahore (2015) and the two Academy Award-winning films, the documentary Saving Face (2012) and The Biographical A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2016). ^[5] Her visual contributions port earned re numerous awards, zoals two Academy Awards in the Best Short Subject in 2012 and 2016 and two Emmy Awards in the composition category in 2010 and 2011. ^{[6] [7]}

Obaid-Chinoy has ook won six Emmy Awards , zoals two or welke veins in the International Emmy Award for Current Affairs Documentary category for the films, the terrorist drama Pakistan’s Taliban Generation ^[8] and the documentary Saving Face (2012) ^[9] Throughout re career, she has made many records, re Academy Award win for Saving Face made re the second Pakistani to win an Academy Award, ^{[10] [11] [12]} and she is one of only eleven female directors who harbor ever won an Oscar for a non-fiction film. ^{[13] [14] [15]} She is ook the first non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. ^[12] The 2015 animated adventure 3 Bahadur made re the first Pakistani to make a computer-animated feature-length film. ^{[6] [16]} In 2012, Time named re as one of the ” 100 Most Influential people in the world “. ^[17] In 2012, the Government of Pakistan Awarded re with the Crescent of Excellence , the second Highest Civilian honor of the country. In 2017, Obaid-Chinoy became the first artist to co-chair the World Economic Forum . ^[18]

Personal life

Obaid-Chinoy was born on 12 November 1978 at Karachi , Pakistan. She RECEIVED re early education from the Convent of Jesus and Mary and Karachi Grammar School and dan moved to the United States for higher education. Upon moving, she enrolled herself at Smith College , from where she COMPLETED re bachelors in 2002 and graduated from Stanford University with a master’s degree in Journalism in 2004. ^[4]

Career

After graduating from Smith College in 2002, she Returned to Pakistan, ^[3] and launched re career as a filmmaker with re first film Terror’s Children for The New York Times . ^[4] In 2003 and 2004 she made two award-winning films while a graduate student at Stanford University. ^[4] She dan Began a long association with the PBS TV series Frontline World , where she Reported “On a Razor’s Edge” in 2004 and went on over the next 5 years to produce many broadcast reports, online videos and written “dispatches” from Pakistan. Re must notable films include Children of the Taliban , The Lost Generation , Afghanistan Unveiled , 3 Bahadur , Song of Lahore and the Academy Award-winning Saving Face and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness . ^[5] Her visual contributions port earned re numerous awards, zoals the Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary (2012 and 2016) and the Emmy Award in the composition category (2010 and 2011) and the One World Media Award for Broadcast Journalist of the Year (2007). Her films port leg Aired on verschillende international channels, zoals the PBS , CNN , Discovery Channel , Al Jazeera English and Channel 4 . ^{[6] [19] [20] [21] [22]}

Obaid-Chinoy has ook won six Emmy Awards , zoals two in the International Emmy Award for Current Affairs Documentary category for the movies Pakistan’s Taliban Generation ^[8] and Saving Face . ^[9] Her Academy Award win for Saving Face made re the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award, ^{[10] [11] [12]} and she is one of only 11 female directors who harbor ever won an Oscar for a non-fiction film. ^{[13] [14] [15]} She is ook the first non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. ^[12] The 2015 animated adventure 3 Bahadur made re the first Pakistani to make a computer-animated feature-length film. ^[6]

In 2007, she helped found the Citizens Archive of Pakistan, Whose projects center around the preservation of Pakistan’s cultural and social heritage. She’ll be Serves as the Ambassador for Blood Safety for Pakistan’s national blood safety program. ^[16] Obaid-Chinoy is a TED Fellow and the recipient of the Hilal-e-Imtiaz , the second Highest Civilian Award Pakistan. ^[22] Time magazine named Sharmeen, ITT annual list of the 100 Most Influential people in the world for 2012. ^{[1] [2]}

On 23 March 2012, Pakistan’s president conferred the Highest Civilian Award, the Hilal-e-Imtiaz , one Obaid-Chinoy for Bringing honor to Pakistan as a filmmaker. ^{[1] [2] [23] [24] [25]} Sharmeen was ranked 37TH one Desiclub.com’s list of the 50 Coolest Desis or 2009. ^[26]

In 2012, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy released the 5-part series Ho Yaqeen (To Believe). In 2014, SOC Films released the 6-part series I Heart Karachi . On April 19, 2015, Song of Lahore , ^[27] directed and produktie to re and Andy Schocken, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival ^[28] and was the Runner Up to the Tribeca Audience Choice Award. ^[29] In September 2015 Broad Green Pictures ^[30] acquired the US distribution rights to Song of Lahore Announcing the release of the film in select cinemas in the US In October 2015 the film was submitted for Consideration in the documentary feature category for the 2016 Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . ^[31] Song of Lahore European premiere was at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), ^[32] from 18 to 29 November 2015. The film had zijn Middle Eastern premiere at the 12th Annual Dubai International Film Festival ^[33] in December 2015 .

On the 20th of May, 2016 Song of Lahore was released in select cinemas across New York City and Los Angeles . The Cinematic release was accompanied by the release of the official soundtrack features welke Collaborations with artists zoals Wynton Marsalis and Meryl Streep .

On May 22, 2015, Pakistan’s first animated movie, 3 Bahadur , directed by Obaid-Chinoy, a film dedicated to inculcating bravery in the youth or Pakistan, was released at Waadi Animations . The heroes of the film, Amna, Kamil and Saadi ulcers highly Anticipated, and on Despite being shown on only 50 screens in Pakistan, 3 Bahadur became Pakistan’s Highest Grossing Animated Movie or all time, earning Rs 6.5 million and defeating the record set by Rio 2 . ^[35] 3 Bahadur ‘ll be screened at the Montreal Film Festival ^[36] in Canada , in August 2015.

On September 11, 2015, Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers ^[37] Obaid-Chinoy’s feature documentary, co-directed and produktie with Geeta Gandbhir, screened at the Toronto International Film Festival ^{[38] [39]} 2015 voor zijn North American premiere . The film follows the journey of three Bangladeshi women soldiers who are deployed to Haiti as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission. The film premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival ^[40] On 29 October 2015 voor zijn Asian premiere and played will at the DOC NYC ^[41] Festival in November 2015.

On 17 February 2016, the film screened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City as part of a discussion of women and peacekeeping. ^[42] The event was moderated by Stephen Feller, UN Police Adviser and was attended by a full house, zoals United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, Masud Bin At present. The documentary was awarded the Humanitarian Award at the RiverRun International Film Festival on April 21, 2016 and was awarded the’ll be at the Bentonville Film Festival , dated May 7, 2016.

On 15 February 2016, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy with with the Prime Minister of Pakistan , Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad to Discuss the maatregelen required to plug the loopholes in the law allow directive welke the perpetrators of honor killings to walk free. ^[43] On the 22nd of February 2016, the first screening of A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness was held at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat in Islamabad, opened by remarks made by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif himself – Concerning the Amendments needed to preventable honor killings from occurring in Pakistan. ^[44]

On the 28 February 2016 A girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness won re a second Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subject at the 88th Academy Awards . This is the first Oscar win for re film company SOC Films and the second Oscar for Obaid-Chinoy as Director. ^[45]

Her latest commercial venture “Sulagta Sitara” is a documentary series welke will be released on the ARY Digital in 2016. The series will share the stories of cities in Pakistan welke port EXPERIENCED hardship, but still manage to shine bright through the darkness.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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