Biography of Majid Majidi

مجید مجیدی

Majid Majidi 

Born 17 April 1959

Tehran, Iran 

Occupation: Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter

Years active: 1981 – present

Personal Information of Majid Majidi

Majid Majidi  is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Majidi's films have touched on many themes and genres and he has won many international awards.

Majid Majidi was born in Teheran in 1959 from an Iranian middle class family. After the Islamic revolution in 1978, his interest in cinema brought him to act in various films, notably "Boycott" (1985) from Mohsen Makhmalbaf. His debut as a director and screenwriter is marked by "Baduk" (1992), his first feature film that was presented at the Directors Fortnight in Cannes. "Children of Heaven" (1997) won the "Best Picture" at Montreal International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Film Academy Award. "The Color of Paradise" (1999) has also won the "Best Picture" award at Montreal International Film Festival. This film has been selected as one of the best 10 films of year 2000 by Time Magazine and the Critics’ Picks of the New-York Times. "Baran" has won several major awards worldwide, notably the "Best Picture" award at the 25th Montreal World Film Festival and nominated for the European Film Academy Award. In 2001, during the Afghanistan war, he produced Barefoot to Herat , an emotional documentary on Afghanistan's refugee camps, that won the Fipresci Award at Thessaloniki Festival. In 2005, he directed "The Willow Tree" that won four awards at the 2005 Fajr Festival in Tehran.

Majjid Majid has received the Douglas Sirk Award in 2001 and the Amici Vittorio de Sica Award in 2003.

Creation of  Majid Majidi  

Year      Film

1981      Explosion (Enfejar)-documentary short

1984      Hoodaj - short

1988      Examination Day (Rooz-e Emtehan) - short

1989      A Day with POWs (Yek Rooz Ba Asiran)- documentary short

1992      Baduk- debut feature

1993      The Last Village (Akhareen Abadi)- short

1996      Father (Pedar)- feature

1996      God Will Come (Khoda Miayad)- short

1997      Children of Heaven (Bacheha-ye Aseman)- feature

1999      The Color of Paradise (Rang-e Khoda)- feature

2001      Baran (Rain)- feature

2002      Barefoot to Herat (Pa berahneh ta Herat)- documentary

2003      Olympics in the Camp (Olympik Tu Urdugah)- documentary short

2005      The Willow Tree (Beed-e Majnoon; alternate English title One Life More)- feature

2007      Peace, Love, and Friendship- documentary short

2007      Rezae Rezvan- documentary

2008      Najva ashorai- documentary

2008      The Song of Sparrows (Avaze Gonjeshk-ha)- feature

Awards and honors

Majid Majidi has received numerous awards up to now. Here are a few:

Oecumenical Special Award, 25th Montreal Film Festival, 2001.

Grand Prix Des Ameriques, 25th Montreal Film Festival, 2001.

Nominated for Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film, 1998.

Grand Prix of Americas Best Film, 21st Montreal Festival for World Films, 1999.
Website: Majid Majidi