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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Biography

Birth Name:Sharmeen Obaid

Birth Place:Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Profession Producer, Director

Awards

  • 2010duPont-Columbia Award-: winner
  • 2010Emmy-Current Affairs: winner
  • 2012Audience Choice Award-: winner
  • 2012Oscar-Best Documentary, Short Subjects: winner
  • 2012Jury Award-Best Documentary Short Film: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-: winner
  • 2012IDA Award-Best Short: winner
  • 2012Juliane Bartel Medienpreis-: winner
  • 2013Emmy-Outstanding Science and Technology Programming: nominated
  • 2013Emmy-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2013Emmy-Outstanding Research: nominated
  • 2015Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
  • 2015Audience Award-IDFA Audience Award: nominated
  • 2015Audience Award-Documentary: nominated
  • 2015Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
  • 2016Oscar-Best Documentary, Short Subject: winner
  • 2016Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
  • 2016Jury Award-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2016World Cinema Award-Best International Short: winner
  • 2016Jury Prize-Humanitarian Prize: winner
  • 2016Jury Prize-Humanitarian Award: winner
  • 2017Award of Excellence - September-Producers: winner
  • 2017LAIFF September Award-Best Woman Filmmaker: winner
  • 2017Emmy-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2017Emmy-Outstanding Short Documentary: nominated
  • 2019Emmy-Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary: winner
  • 2025Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment: winner