Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, an Academy Award-winning and International Emmy Award-winning director and journalist, will be the first person of color and the first woman to direct a “Star Wars” film.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a two-time Oscar winner and the first female director of a Star Wars film. Having an iconic franchise in ...

Star Wars director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has said "it's about time" a woman shaped a Star Wars film after the beloved sci-fi franchise has gone close to half a century with films directed only by men.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Obaid-Chinoy was filmed making this remark in 2015 during a panel discussion at the Women in the World summit. A review of the ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is attached to direct an upcoming “Star Wars” film, making her the first woman to helm a film in the iconic franchise—but right-wing critics are blasting ...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Sunday became the first Pakistani to win two Oscar awards. Sharmeen won in the Best Documentary Short Subject for A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness in the 88th ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Seven days after the legendary Iraqi singer Sajida Obaid died, women sat wrapped in black veils and abayas, their faces wet at her family home in the northern city of Irbil. Some ...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a two-time Oscar winner and the first female director of a Star Wars film. Having an iconic franchise in her hands thrills the filmmaker as she says it was “about time” a ...