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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is not the first Pakistani Oscar Winner!
The first Pakistani to win an Oscar is Mir Zafar Ali. The Golden Compass picked up the award for Best Visual Effects and Mir Zafar Ali was one of the 'Effects Technical Director' at Rhythm and Hues, the company which undertook the project. People do not remember any Pakistani picking up the award because he was in the background team.
Mir Zafar Ali has worked in the background for the following films:
2011 The Cabin in the Woods
2011 X-Men: First Class
2011 Hop
2010 Yogi Bear
2009 Aliens in the Attic
2009 I Land of the Lost
2008 The Mummy
2008 The Incredible Hulk
2007 The Golden Compass (He won the award for this)
2007 Surf’s Up
2007 Spider-Man 3
2007 Ghost Rider
2006 Open Season
2006 Monster House
2005 Stealth
2004 The Day After Tomorrow
