Personal Profile About Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a Pakistani-born Canadian journalist, filmmaker, and political activist. She directed, wrote, and produced the 3 Bahadur sequel and Sitara: Let Girls Dream, and directed two episodes of Ms. Marvel. She also founded SOC Films and Patakha Pictures, co-founded the Citizens Archive of Pakistan, and initiated the Neela Asmaan art residency program.
The Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy biography tells that she was born on November 12, 1978, in Karachi. She has produced reports and documentaries with PBS Frontline World. Her major documentary work includes Children of the Taliban, The Lost Generation, Afghanistan Unveiled, Saving Face, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, and Song of Lahore. She is the first Pakistani to win an Oscar, earning 2 Academy and 7 Emmy Awards, along with other major honors. She has also received the Hilal-i-Imtiaz.