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Shirin Neshat

Name in Native Language: "شیرین نشاط" (Persian/FA)
Photographer / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 03/26/1957 (67) | Qazvin (Iran)
Shirin Neshat (Persian: شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian photographer and visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and the West, femininity and masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity and modernity, and bridging the spaces between these subjects. Since the Islamic Revolution, she has said that she has "gravitated toward making art that is concerned with tyranny, dictatorship, oppression and political injustice. Although I don’t consider myself an activist, I believe my art – regardless of its nature – is an expression of protest, a cry for humanity.” Neshat has been recognized for winning the International Award of the XLVIII Venice Biennale in 1999, and the Silver Lion as the best director at the 66th Venice Film Festival in 2009, to being named Artist of the Decade by Huffington Post critic G. Roger Denson. Neshat is a critic in the photography department at the Yale School of Art. ()
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Shirin Neshat (شیرین نشاط‎, born March 26, 1957 Qazvin) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and the West, femininity and masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity and modernity, and bridging the spaces between these subjects.Since Iran has undermined basic human rights, particularly since the Islamic Revolution she has said that she has "gravitated toward making art that is concerned with tyranny, dictatorship, oppression and political injustice. Although I don’t consider myself an activist, I believe my art – regardless of its nature – is an expression of protest, a cry for humanity.”Neshat has been recognized countless times for her work, from winning the International Award of the XLVIII Venice Biennale in 1999, to winning the Silver Lion for best director at the 66th Venice Film Festival in 2009, to being named Artist of the Decade by Huffington Post critic G. Roger Denson. Neshat is a critic in the photography department at the Yale School of Art.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Shirin Neshat

Silver Lion Praemium Imperiale Goethe Medal
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Movies with Shirin Neshat as Actress(2)

as herself2020 Body of Truth

Movies with Shirin Neshat as Crew(15)

Directing/Director2022 Land of Dreams
Directing/Director2019 Land of Dreams
Directing/Director2017 Looking for Oum Kulthum
Writing/Writer2017 Looking for Oum Kulthum
Directing/Director2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Directing/Director2013 Illusions & Mirrors
Directing/Director2009 Women Without Men
Writing/Screenplay2009 Women Without Men
Directing/Director2005 Zarin
Directing/Director2002 Tooba
Directing/Director2002 Possessed
Directing/Director2000 Fervor
Directing/Director1999 Soliloquy
Directing/Director1999 Rapture
Directing/Director1998 Turbulent

Full Name: Shirin Neshat
Born: Tuesday, 03/26 1957 (March) in Qazvin (Iran) (current age: 67 years + 2 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Persian (FA, native language)
Educated at: University of California, Berkeley
Represented by: Gladstone Gallery
Student of: Sylvia Lark, Harold Paris
Other names for Shirin Neshat (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"شیرین نشاط"
Shirin Neshat frequently works together with these people:
Shoja Azari (10x, Crew)
Martin Gschlacht (3x, Crew)
Darius Khondji (2x, Crew)
Orsolya Tóth (2x, Actress)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (2x, Crew)
Sheila Vand (2x, Actress)
Evelyn Schels (2x, Crew)
Paul Schrader (1x, Crew)
Ahmad Diba (1x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:383433, Added: 08/17/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024