Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Biography

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on November 12, 1978 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The duo of He and Iman Ali both have won Lux Style Awards for their contributions to Journalism. both have received Lux Style Awards for their contribution to journalism.

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy was born in Karachi in 1978. She did her early schooling at the Convent of Jesus and Mary and subsequently went on to study at Karachi Grammar School. She received her bachelor’s degree in economics and government from Smith College in 2002. Obaid-Chinoy went on to earn two master’s degrees from Stanford University, the first in International Policy Studies was granted in 2003 and the next, in Communication, in 2004. She returned to Pakistan and launched her career as a filmmaker with her first film Terror’s Children for The New York Times. In 2003 and 2004 she made two award-winning films while at Stanford. Her most notable films includes, the animated adventure 3 Bahadur (2015), the musical journey Song of Lahore (2015) and the two Academy Award-winning films, the documentary Saving Face (2012) and the biographical A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2016). Her visual contributions have earned her numerous awards, including two Academy Awards in the Best Short Subject in 2012 and 2016 and two Emmy Awards in the same category in 2010 and 2011.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Urdu: شرمین عبید چنائے ‎; born 12 November 1978) is a Pakistani journalist, filmmaker and activist known for her work in films that highlight the inequality with women. She is the recipient of two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards and a Knight International Journalism Award. In 2012, the Government of Pakistan honoured her with the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian honour of the country and Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She is the only female film director to have won two academy awards by the age of 37.

Her birthplace was Karachi, Pakistan.

Her film from 2012, Transgenders – Pakistan’s Open Secret was awarded the Platinum Remi Award at the 45th WorldFest Film Festival.

Obaid-Chinoy was born on 12 November 1978 in Karachi, Pakistan. Her mother, Saba Obaid, is a social worker and her father, Sheikh Obaid, was a businessman, who died in 2010. She has a younger sister, Mahjabeen Obaid.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Net Worth

Sharmeen is one of the richest Journalist from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

She went to Smith College and went on to create Terror’s Children as her first documentary.

In 2007, she helped found the Citizens Archive of Pakistan, whose projects center around the preservation of Pakistan’s cultural and social heritage. She also serves as the Ambassador for Blood Safety for Pakistan’s national blood safety program. Obaid-Chinoy is a TED Fellow and the recipient of the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian award in Pakistan Time magazine named Sharmeen in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2012.

In 2012, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy released the 5-part series Ho Yaqeen (To Believe).

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Obaid-Chinoy attended Convent of Jesus and Mary, followed by schooling at Karachi Grammar School (in the same class as Kumail Nanjiani). According to her, she wasn’t inclined toward academics though received good grades. Upon moving to the United States for higher education, she studied at Smith College, from where she completed her bachelor’s degree in Economics and Government in 2002. Later, Obaid-Chinoy received two master’s degrees from Stanford University in Communication and International Policy Studies.

Who is Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Dating?

According to our records, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy married to Fahd Kamal Chinoy . As of January 13, 2024, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s is not dating anyone.

On 23 March 2012, Pakistan’s president conferred the second highest civilian award, the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, on Obaid-Chinoy for bringing honor to Pakistan as a filmmaker. Sharmeen was ranked 37th on Desiclub.com’s list of the 50 Coolest Desis of 2009.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 2002, she returned to Pakistan, and launched her career as a filmmaker. In 2003 and 2004 she made two award-winning films while a graduate student at Stanford University. She then began a long association with the PBS TV series Frontline World, where she reported “On a Razor’s Edge” in 2004 and went on over the next 5 years to produce many broadcast reports, online videos and written “Dispatches” from Pakistan. Her most notable films include Children of the Taliban, The Lost Generation, Afghanistan Unveiled, 3 Bahadur, Song of Lahore and the Academy Award-winning Saving Face and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness. Her visual contributions have earned her numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary (2012 and 2016) and the Emmy Award in the same category (2010 and 2011) and the One World Media Award for Broadcast Journalist of the Year (2007). Her films have been aired on several international channels, including the PBS, CNN, Discovery Channel, Al Jazeera English and Channel 4.

Obaid-Chinoy has also won six Emmy Awards, including two of which are in the International Emmy Award for Current Affairs Documentary category for the films, the terrorist drama Pakistan’s Taliban Generation and the documentary Saving Face (2012) Throughout her career, she has made many records, her Academy Award win for Saving Face made her the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award and she is one of only eleven female directors who have ever won an Oscar for a non-fiction film. She is also the first non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. The 2015 animated adventure 3 Bahadur made her the first Pakistani to make a computer-animated feature-length film. In 2017, Obaid-Chinoy became the first artist to co-chair the World Economic Forum.

Facts & Trivia

Sharmeen Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Pakistan. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy celebrates birthday on November 12 of every year.

In 2013, SOC Films and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy produced a 13 part series for Aaj News titled ‘Aghaz-e-Safar’ which tackled issues affecting ordinary Pakistanis across the country including child abuse, domestic violence, issues of gun violence, water scarcity, land grabbing etc.

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