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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What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

It takes one second to ruin a woman's life.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

When I'm not working on the ground, spending time with my husband and daughter puts me at ease.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to start up educational projects, to start up businesses, so instead of the brain-drain that happened in the 1950s and 1960s, the country is growing and...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I have very strong Canadian connections. My daughter was born there a year and half ago. But because of the nature of my job, I need to be in countries where I can get the stories that I am looking at.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I believe in telling the truth.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.

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Author Bio

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