Awards & Winners

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Date of Birth 12-November-1978
Place of Birth Karachi
(Pakistan, Sindh)
Nationality Canada, Pakistan
Also know as Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Sharmeen Obaid, Shameen Obaid-Chinoy
Profession Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker, Film Producer
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and documentary filmmaker. She won an Academy Award for her documentary, Saving Face in 2012. She won an Emmy for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in 2010. She is also the first non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. She has been lauded as Pakistan's first Oscar winner by the press and government. The Pakistani President conferred the Hilal-e-Imtiaz on Obaid-Chinoy on 23 March 2012, for bringing honor to Pakistan as a filmmaker. Time magazine has named Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy within their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2012. Sharmeen was ranked 37th on Desiclub.com’s list of the 50 Coolest Desis of 2009.

Awards by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

2013


News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary
Honored for : HBO Documentary Film Series
(Saving Face)

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Science And Technology Programming HBO Documentary Film Series
Saving Face
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary HBO Documentary Film Series
Saving Face
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research HBO Documentary Film Series
Saving Face

2011


Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
Honored for : Saving Face

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject Saving Face