Quotes by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

About Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy:

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is a Pakistani journalist and documentary filmmaker. She won an Academy Award for her documentary, Saving Face in 2012 and became the first Pakistani to win an Oscar. 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.
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I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.

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My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.

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In terms of 'Saving Face,' I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn't let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.

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My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image.

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Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.

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I think perhaps Pakistan can take the lead. Perhaps Turkey can as well, being part of Europe. But someone has to start talking about why the Muslim world has become a boiling pot and look beyond these cartoons to what the ideological reasons are for ...

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The young boys I speak with say to me: Why would I want to live in this world - where they rely on charity, dry pieces of bread and water, where they are subjected to harsh treatment, when they can be free and be the envy of their colleagues in the a...

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Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless you clean it with antiseptic, the germs stay and multiply.

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My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.

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The Pakistani government and its allies must overhaul their policies in Pakistan.

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Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has no coherent policy to deal with the radicals, the Taliban have one to deal with Pakistan ...

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I hope I can make Pakistan proud by bringing home an Oscar.

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There are a number of parallels between the slums of Brazil and those found in my hometown, Karachi. The dichotomy that exists in Brazil is uncannily similar to that found in Pakistan, and I hope to one day make a film that follows similar themes.

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By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in one community at a time.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here.

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The news that comes out of Pakistan is always geared toward terrorism and fundamentalism. But when you give people freedom of expression and the freedom to go out and be social and to express themselves, you will see a change. I see that coming about...

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The day I won an Emmy was also the day my father passed away. I received a call from my sister on the way to the ceremony and had to turn my car around and catch the first flight back to Karachi.

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An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

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Don't give up your dreams.

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Author Bio

  • NameSharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • DescriptionPakistani filmmaker and journalist
  • BornNovember 12, 1978
  • ProfessionJournalist; Film Director