Director
Shirin Neshat
Born March 26, 1957 in Qazvin, Iran19 films
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.
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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.
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First watchWomen Without Men20096.3Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and…View filmFilmography
19 films as director- TBAParadise LostDirector
- 2026Orfeo ed Euridice – Teatro Regio di ParmaDirector
- 2023The FuryDirector
- 2022Land of DreamsDirector
- 2019The ColonyDirector
- 2019Land of DreamsDirector
- 2017Looking for Oum KulthumDirector
- 2016RojaDirector
- 2016SarahDirector
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
- 2009Women Without MenDirector
- 2005ZarinDirector
- 2003PossessedDirector
- 2002ToobaDirector
- 2001PassageDirector
- 2000FervorDirector
- 1999RaptureDirector
- 1999SoliloquyDirector
- 1998TurbulentDirector