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Iranian film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Majid Majidi (Persian: مجید مجیدی, romanized: Majīd Majīdī) is an Iranian filmmaker and producer. In his films, Majidi has touched on many themes and genres and has won numerous international awards.
Majid Majidi | |
|---|---|
مجید مجیدی | |
Majidi in 2020 | |
| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Notable work | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Born in a Persian middle-class family, he grew up in Tehran and at the age of 14 he started acting in amateur theater groups. He then studied at the Institute of Dramatic Arts in Tehran.[1]
After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, his interest in cinema brought him to act in various films, most notably Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Boycott in 1985.[citation needed]
In 1997, Majidi directed Children of Heaven, which was nominated to receive the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Though it lost to the Italian film Life Is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni, Children of Heaven is the first Iranian film to have been nominated by the academy.[citation needed]
Majidi has directed several other feature films since Children of Heaven: The Color of Paradise in 2000, Baran in 2001, and The Willow Tree in 2005 (alternative English title One Life More). He also recently directed a feature-length documentary titled Barefoot to Herat which chronicles life in refugee camps and the city of Herat during and after the anti-Taliban offensive of 2001.[citation needed]
In 2008, Majidi's acclaimed film The Song of Sparrows was the opening film of the Visakhapatnam International Film Festival in India.[2]
Majidi was one of five international film directors invited by the Beijing government to create a documentary short film to introduce the city of Beijing, in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in the Chinese capital; the project was titled "Vision Beijing".[3]
Majidi pulled out of a Danish film festival in protest against the publication in Denmark of cartoons satirizing the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. He stated that he was withdrawing "to protest against insulting any religious belief or icon".[4]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Baduk | debut feature |
| 1996 | The Father (Pedar) | |
| 1997 | Children of Heaven (Bacheha-ye Aseman) | |
| 1999 | The Color of Paradise (Rang-e Khoda) | |
| 2001 | Baran | Director and Producer |
| 2005 | The Willow Tree (Bid-e majnun) | Director, writer and Producer |
| 2008 | The Song of Sparrows (Avaz-e gonjeshk-ha) | |
| 2015 | Muhammad: The Messenger of God | Director and writer |
| 2017 | Beyond the Clouds[5] | |
| 2020 | Sun Children | Director, writer and Producer |
 | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (July 2023) |
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