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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 HuffPost critic G. Roger Denson. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirin Neshat is the 528th most popular film director (up from 602nd in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Iran (up from 288th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shirin Neshat ranks 528 out of 2,041. Before her are Mikhail Romm, Claude Goretta, Sergio Sollima, John Milius, Claude Autant-Lara, and Carlo Lizzani. After her are Taylor Hackford, Zoltán Fábri, Ariane Mnouchkine, Philip Kaufman, Shin Sang-ok, and André Delvaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Shirin Neshat ranks 121. Before her are Stephen Baxter, Carrie Lam, Sanae Mishima, Stephen Dillane, Anna Vissi, and Stefan Bellof. After her are Peter Høeg, Stephen Morris, Haruhisa Hasegawa, Marlon Jackson, Shane MacGowan, and Oliver Hirschbiegel.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shirin Neshat ranks 258 out of 631. Before her are Hayedeh (1942), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), and Hossein Nasr (1933). After her are Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933), Shaun Toub (1963), Táhirih (1817), Ali Daei (1969), Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798), and Leila Pahlavi (1970).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Shirin Neshat ranks 4. Before her are Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Jafar Panahi (1960), and Barbet Schroeder (1941). After her are Asghar Farhadi (1972), Majid Majidi (1959), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Abbasi (1981), and Ali Hatami (1944).

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