FILM DIRECTOR

Shirin Neshat

1957 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirin Neshat has received more than 547,870 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Shirin Neshat is the 602nd most popular film director (up from 619th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Iran (down from 267th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iranian Film Director.

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  • 32

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shirin Neshat ranks 602 out of 2,041. Before her are Robert Rodriguez, Grigory Chukhray, Albert Lamorisse, Christopher Doyle, Donald P. Bellisario, and Michel Hazanavicius. After her are João César Monteiro, Stuart Rosenberg, Werner Schroeter, John Glen, Christian Petzold, and Mamoru Hosoda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Shirin Neshat ranks 128. Before her are Roberto Rojas, Mary Bell, Genie, Viktor Vekselberg, Kadim Al Sahir, and Paul Reiser. After her are Susanna Tamaro, Bruce Grobbelaar, Brad Bird, Nikos Galis, Robert Harris, and Bret Hart.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shirin Neshat ranks 287 out of 631. Before her are Ahmad Qavam (1876), Saib Tabrizi (1592), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779), Subh-i-Azal (1831), and Imad al-Dawla (892). After her are Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Sadeq Khan Zand (1800), Sohrab Sepehri (1928), Mardavij (890), The Iron Sheik (1942), and Mehdi Karroubi (1937).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Shirin Neshat ranks 6. Before her are Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Jafar Panahi (1960), Barbet Schroeder (1941), and Asghar Farhadi (1972). After her are Majid Majidi (1959), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Bahman Ghobadi (1969).

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