Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1973
Place of Birth
Hyderabad, India
Credits
9 titles
Nelofer Pazira
Biography
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
Filmography
You Will Be Free
In the Room
Self
Sima's Song
Suraya (older)
This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth
Producer
Wanderlust
Herself
Act of Dishonour
Mejgan
The Giant Buddhas
The Return to Kandahar
herself
Kandahar
Nafas