Nelofer Pazira

Acteur, Producer, Regisseur, Schrijver

1 januari 1973 (53 years)
Nelofer Pazira is an Afghan-Canadian filmmaker, actress, journalist, and author, born in 1973 in Hyderabad, India. She was raised in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lived through a decade of Soviet occupation before fleeing to Pakistan in 1989 and immigrating to Canada in 1990. She studied journalism and English literature at Carleton University and earned a master’s degree in anthropology, sociology, and religion from Concordia University. In 2001, she starred in the film “Kandahar,” based on her real-life attempt to find a childhood friend. She later co-directed “Return to Kandahar” and authored the memoir “A Bed of Red Flowers.”

Known For

  • Safar e Ghandehar
    Safar e Ghandehar2001
  • This Is Not a Movie
    This Is Not a Movie2019
  • Act of Dishonour
    Act of Dishonour2010
  • Sima's Song
    Sima's Song2024
  • An vorderster Front: Die Wahrheiten des Robert Fisk
    An vorderster Front: Die Wahrheiten des Robert Fisk2020

Cinematografie

2024
Sima's Song · as Suraya (older)
2010
Act of Dishonour · as Mejgan
2005
2001
Kandahar · as Nafas