Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a journalist and filmmaker based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is a two-time Academy Award-winner for her documentary shorts “Saving Face”and “Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness.” In Hollywood, she has also directed two episodes of “Ms. Marvel,” a series about the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Muslim superhero, and she will be the first woman and person of colour to direct a “Star Wars” movie