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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Oscar-winning Filmmaker

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose films have brought about legislative change. Since 2001, she has made over two dozen multi-award films in over 16 countries around the world. In 2022, she infused her signature style and verisimilitude of her nonfiction projects to her narrative directorial debut for Marvel’s critically acclaimed series, Ms Marvel. The New York Times included her episodes in its annual “Best Episodes of TV” list, calling them ‘ingenious and surprisingly moving’.

Ms Obaid-Chinoy is set to direct a Star Wars feature starring Daisy Ridley and will also direct Paramount's ‘Brilliance’, based on the Marcus Sakey novel of the same name.

She is also the recipient of Four Emmy Awards, a Knight International Journalism Award, Two The Alfred I. duPont awards, The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and the Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. She was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world and in 2013, the Canadian government awarded her a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work in the field of documentary films. The World Economic Forum honoured her with a Crystal Award at their annual summit in Davos.

Dr Obaid-Chinoy helms SOC Films, a film and animation production company. Under this banner, she continues her mission to further social consciousness and bring about meaningful legislative and societal change.

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