Director

Shirin Neshat

Directing

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Directed movies: 16Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 144492

IMDb ID: nm1252622

Known for: Directing

Born: March 26, 1957

Age: 68

Place of birth: Qazvin, Iran

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1998 - 2025

Years active: 28

Average TMDB rating: 6.3

Wikidata: Q262413

Also known as

شیرین نشاط

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Director (15)Stage Director (1)

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Biography

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.