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Majid Majidi

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Majid Majidi
The story of an Iranian ostrich farmer who, in an effort to aid his hearing impaired daughter, turns to a different, character changing line of work.
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Majid Majidi was born on April 17, 1959 in Tehran, Iran to a middle class family. He started acting in amateur theater groups at the age of fourteen. After receiving his high school diploma, he started studying art at the Institute of Dramatic Art in Tehran. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, his interest in cinema brought him to act in various films, notably Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Boycott (1986) where he played a frustrated communist and Ali Asghar Shadravan's The Execution (1986) where he played the role of real life character, Andarzgoo. Later, he started writing and directing short films. His feature film screenwriting and directing debut is marked by Baduk (1992), which was presented at the Quinzaine of Cannes and won awards at Tehran's Fajr Film Festival. Since then, he has written and directed many noteworthy films that won worldwide recognition, notably Children of Heaven (1997), winner of the Best Picture award at the Montreal International Film Festival and nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards, The Color of Paradise (1999), which also won the Best Picture award from Montreal International Film Festival and set a new record of box office for an Asian film, and Baran (2001), which won several major awards worldwide, notably the Best Picture award at the 25th Montreal World Film Festival and received nomination for the European Film Academy Award. In 2001, during the Afghanistan anti-Taliban war, he produced Barefoot to Herat (2003), an emotional documentary about Afghanistan's refugee camps that won the Fipresci Award at Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Majjid Majid has also received the Douglas Sirk Award in 2001 and the Amici Vittorio de Sica Award in 2003. In 2005, he directed The Willow Tree (2005) about a blind man who falls in love with someone other than his wife when he gets the chance to see again, which won four awards at the 2005 Fajr Film Festival in Tehran. He is one of Iran's most influential directors and his films have a simple and poetic feel to them.
BornApril 17, 1959
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    • Awards
      • 45 wins & 27 nominations total

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    Known for

    Children of Heaven (1997)
    Children of Heaven
    8.2
    • Writer
    • 1997
    Zahra Bahrami in Baran (2001)
    Baran
    7.8
    • Writer
    • 2001
    Sun Children (2020)
    Sun Children
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 2020
    The Color of Paradise (1999)
    The Color of Paradise
    8.1
    • Writer
    • 1999

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    Writer



    • Kathir and Varsha Bollamma in Akka Kuruvi (2022)
      Akka Kuruvi
      6.9
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Sun Children (2020)
      Sun Children
      7.1
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Ishaan Khatter in Beyond the Clouds (2017)
      Beyond the Clouds
      6.9
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)
      Muhammad: The Messenger of God
      7.2
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Najva Ashorai
      8.4
      • writer
      • 2008
    • The Song of Sparrows (2008)
      The Song of Sparrows
      7.9
      • writer
      • 2008
    • Parviz Parastui in The Willow Tree (2005)
      The Willow Tree
      7.3
      • idea
      • screenplay
      • 2005
    • Olympik tu urdugah
      8.2
      Short
      • writer
      • 2003
    • Barefoot to Herat (2003)
      Barefoot to Herat
      7.4
      • Writer
      • 2003
    • Zahra Bahrami in Baran (2001)
      Baran
      7.8
      • Writer
      • 2001
    • Kelase Aval
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • The Migratory Goose (1999)
      The Migratory Goose
      6.8
      • writer
      • 1999
    • The Color of Paradise (1999)
      The Color of Paradise
      8.1
      • writer
      • 1999
    • Children of Heaven (1997)
      Children of Heaven
      8.2
      • Writer
      • 1997
    • Hassan Sadeghi in The Father (1996)
      The Father
      7.4
      • Writer
      • 1996

    Director



    • Sun Children (2020)
      Sun Children
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Ishaan Khatter in Beyond the Clouds (2017)
      Beyond the Clouds
      6.9
      • Director (attached)
      • 2017
    • Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)
      Muhammad: The Messenger of God
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Najva Ashorai
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2008
    • The Song of Sparrows (2008)
      The Song of Sparrows
      7.9
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Persian Carpet (2007)
      Persian Carpet
      6.2
      • Director (segment "A Handmade Gift Presented to a Friend")
      • 2007
    • Parviz Parastui in The Willow Tree (2005)
      The Willow Tree
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Olympik tu urdugah
      8.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Barefoot to Herat (2003)
      Barefoot to Herat
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Zahra Bahrami in Baran (2001)
      Baran
      7.8
      • Director
      • 2001
    • The Color of Paradise (1999)
      The Color of Paradise
      8.1
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Children of Heaven (1997)
      Children of Heaven
      8.2
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Hassan Sadeghi in The Father (1996)
      The Father
      7.4
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Khoda miad (1995)
      Khoda miad
      7.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 1995
    • The Last Village (1993)
      The Last Village
      8.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 1993

    Actor



    • Up to the Visit (1990)
      Up to the Visit
      2.9
      • 1990
    • Swimming in the Winter (1990)
      Swimming in the Winter
      4.3
      • 1990
    • The Examination Day
      8.0
      • The teacher
      • 1988
    • Kased
      6.2
      Short
      • 1987
    • Majid Majidi in Dar jostejuye ghahraman (1987)
      Dar jostejuye ghahraman
      2.8
      • 1987
    • The Execution (1986)
      The Execution
      3.5
      • 1986
    • Boycott (1986)
      Boycott
      5.8
      • Valeh
      • 1986
    • The Messenger
      Short
      • 1985
    • Do Cheshme Bisoo (1984)
      Do Cheshme Bisoo
      2.6
      • 1984
    • Fleeing from Evil to God (1984)
      Fleeing from Evil to God
      3.2
      • 1984
    • Marge Digari (1982)
      Marge Digari
      2.8
      • (as Majid Talesh Majidi)
      • 1982
    • Justification (1981)
      Justification
      2.3
      • 1981

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      • Magid Magidi
    • Born
      • April 17, 1959
      • Tehran, Iran
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      • Mani Majidi(Niece or Nephew)
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      His film, Children of Heaven (1997), is the first Iranian film to have been nominated for an Academy Award (Best Foreign Language Film, 1999).

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