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Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat

Actor and director · Born March 26, 1957 (69) · Qazvin, Iran

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.

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Born
March 26, 1957 (69)
From
Qazvin, Iran
Works as
Actor and director
Titles
1 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 13% in 30 days

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Filmography

24 credits, 1 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Orfeo ed Euridice – Teatro Regio di Parma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Oh, What Happy Days! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • The Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Land of Dreams(2021)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Land of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • The Colony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Looking for Oum Kulthum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Aida - Verdi - Salzburg Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Stage Director

  • Roja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Sarah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Venice 70: Future Reloaded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Axis of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Women Without Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Zarin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • 9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Possessed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Tooba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • K (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Housekeeper

  • Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Fervor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Rapture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Soliloquy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Actor

  • Turbulent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Paradise Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director