Pedar majid majidi biography

Iranian film director

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.

Biography

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 othe Majid Majidi | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie COW