Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

Journalist, Filmmaker, Activist

Pakistani-Canadian Karachi, Pakistan

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Quick Info

ProfessionJournalist, Filmmaker, Activist
NationalityPakistani-Canadian
Date of Birth12/11/1978
Age47 years
BirthplaceKarachi, Pakistan

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Bio/Wiki

EducationBachelor's degree in Economics and Government from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Double Master's degrees in Communication and International Policy Studies from Stanford University, California, America
ReligionIslam
Food HabitNon-Vegetarian

Physical Stats & More

Height165 cm / 1.65 m / 5’ 5”
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

School
  • Convent of Jesus and Mary, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Karachi Grammar School, Karachi, Pakistan
College/University
  • Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
  • Stanford University, California, America
Degrees
  • Bachelor's degree in Economics and Government
  • Double Master's degrees in Communication
  • Double Master's degrees in International Policy Studies

Personal Life

Zodiac signScorpio

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Family
Husband/Spouse
  • Tariq Aman (Divorced in 2006)
  • Fahd Kamal Chinoy (Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Pakistan Cables Ltd.)
Parents
FatherSheikh Obaid (Businessman)
MotherSaba Obaid (Social worker)
Children
DaughterAmelia Chinoy (from second husband)

Career

Debut
Producer
  • TV Movie documentary: Terror's Children (2003)
  • Short Video documentary: Iraq: The Lost Generation (2008)
  • TV Series documentary: Dispatches (2009)
  • Documentary: Sold: Fighting the New Global Slave Trade (2010)
  • Film: 3 Bahadur (2015)
Director
  • TV Movie documentary: Reinventing the Taliban? (2004)
  • TV Series documentary: True Stories (2011)
  • Short Documentary: Saving Face (2012)
  • Documentary: Song of Lahore (2015)
  • Film: 3 Bahadur (2015)
  • Short Film: Sitara: Let Girls Dream (2019)
  • TV Mini Series documentary: Fundamental.: Gender Justice. No Exceptions (2020)
Writer
  • Video documentary short: Iraq: The Lost Generation (2008)
  • Story concept: 3 Bahadur (2015)
  • Short Film: Sitara: Let Girls Dream (2019)
Acting
  • TV Series documentary: CNN Presents Beneath the Veil as Self (2001)
  • TV Movie documentary: Women of the Holy Kingdom as Self (2004)
  • Video documentary short: Iraq: The Lost Generation as Self (2008)
  • Documentary: Rethink Afghanistan as Self (2009)
  • TV Series: Doc Talk as Self (2012)
  • TV Special: The 84th Annual Academy Awards as Self (2012)
Awards & Achievements
  • Award: Academy Awards, USA Year: 2016 Category: Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subject For: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
  • Award: Academy Awards, USA Year: 2012 Category: Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subjects For: Saving Face
  • Award: Abu Dhabi Film Festival Year: 2012 Category: Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary For: Saving Face
  • Award: Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards Year: 2010 Category: duPont-Columbia Award for Best Documentary series For: Frontline/World
  • Award: American Short Film Awards Year: 2012 Category: Jury Award for Best Documentary Short Film For: Saving Face
  • Award: Aspen Shortsfest Year: 2012 Category: Audience Award for Best Documentary Short Film For: Saving Face
  • Award: Banff Television Festival Year: 2004 Category: Special Jury Prize for Television Documentary For: Reinventing the Taliban?
  • Award: Bentonville Film Festival Year: 2016 Category: Jury Award for Best Documentary For: A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
  • Award: Documentary Edge Festival Year: 2016 Category: World Cinema Award for Best International Short For: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
  • Award: Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards Year: 2017 Category: Award of Excellence - September For: Ladies First
  • Award: International Documentary Association Year: 2012 Category: IDA Award for Best Short For: Saving Face
  • Award: International Emmy Awards Year: 2014 Category: Emmy Award for Documentary For: Pakistan's Taliban Generation
  • Award: Juliane Bartel Awards, DE Year: 2012 Category: Juliane Bartel Medienpreis for Documentary For: Saving Face
  • Award: Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards Year: 2017 Category: LAIFF September Award for Best Woman Filmmaker For: Ladies First
  • Award: News & Documentary Emmy Awards Year: 2017 Category: Emmy for Best Documentary For: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
  • Award: One World Media Awards Year: 2007 Category: Broadcast Journalist of the Year
Other Honours & Achievements
  • First Pakistani to win an Academy Award
  • One of only eleven female directors who have ever won an Oscar for a non-fiction film
  • First non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists
  • First artist to co-chair the World Economic Forum
  • Awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Pakistani President in 2012
  • Won World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award at Davos in 2013
  • Honoured with Knight International Journalism Award in 2017

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is a talented Pakistani-Canadian journalist, filmmaker, actor, and activist who is renowned for her impactful documentaries shedding light on marginalized communities globally.
2. She has been honored with two Academy Awards, six Emmy Awards, and a Knight International Journalism Award.
3. Sharmeen has directed several award-winning documentaries such as 'Saving Face' and 'A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness'.
4. In 2012, Time magazine named her one of the top 100 most influential individuals worldwide.
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