Sharmeen Obaid: The Pakistan’s first Oscar nominee

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is Pakistan’s First Oscar Nomination

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is Pakistan’s First Oscar Nomination

Pakistani journalist and documentarian Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy became the first Pakistani filmmaker who nominated for Oscar  with her film Saving face, which was nominated in the category of “Documentary, short film” as the Oscar nominations were released on Tuesday. 

Sharmeen Obaid, who has directed several documentary films, won an Emmy award in 2010 for her documentary Pakistan: Children of the Taliban.

Saving Face is the story of two women from Southern Punjab who are victims of acid violence, which is filmed across Islamabad, Rawalpindi and the small towns of Punjab, which the Karachi based filmmaker has co-directed with Daniel Junge, depicts the life of a British Pakistani plastic surgeon who donates his time to heal acid victims in Pakistan.

The documentary, released in the US in November and in the UK in March 2012, following that it will be released in Pakistan, while the Oscars will be held on February 26

Pakistan’s first Oscar nominee Sharmeen Obaid is a journalist and a documentary filmmaker. She was born and raised in Pakistan and has received her higher education in the United States. Her documentary films have been aired on Discovery Times channel and PBS/Frontline World.