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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
b. 1978 (age 48)
Karachi, Pakistan
Director
Writer
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was born on November 12, 1978 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. She is a producer and director, known for Saving Face (2012), A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015) and Song of Lahore (2015). She's the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award.
Known For
Filmography
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Star Wars: New Jedi Order
2027 Director
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★ 7.9
Reggae Girlz
2025 Director
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★ 7.3
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
2024 Director
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★ 6.2
Ms. Marvel
2022 Director
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★ 2.1
Fundamental.: Gender Justice. No Exceptions.
2020 Director
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The Movies That Changed Us
2020 Self
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★ 7.1
Sitara: Let Girls Dream
2019 Director
Writer
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★ 2.6
Freedom Fighters
2019 Director
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★ 6.5
Student Athlete
2018 Director
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★ 5.1
3 Bahadur: Rise of the Warriors
2018 Director
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★ 6.4
3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam
2016 Director
Writer
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★ 2.8
2016 Global Citizen
2016 Self
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★ 7.8
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
2015 Director
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★ 7.1
Three Brave
2015 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
Song of Lahore
2015 Director
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★ 4.6
A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
2015 Director
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★ 8.0
Saving Face
2012 Director
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★ 6.1
Ho Yaqeen
2012 Director
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Frost Over the World
2006 Self
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★ 5.6
Women of the Holy Kingdom
2004 Self
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Reinventing the Taliban?
2004 Director
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★ 8.2
Frontline/World
2002 Self
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★ 5.2
True Stories
1988 Director