Majid Majidi

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Majid Majidi (Template:Langx) 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.Template: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.Template: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.Template:Citation needed

In 2008, Majidi's acclaimed film The Song of Sparrows was the opening film of the Visakhapatnam International Film Festival in India.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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".<ref>Vision Beijing website Template:Webarchive</ref>

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".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Feature Film

Year	English Title	Original Title	Notes
1992	Baduk	بدوک	Debut feature
1996	The Father	پدر
1997	Children of Heaven	بچه‌های آسمان
1999	The Color of Paradise	رنگ خدا
2001	Baran	باران
2005	The Willow Tree	بید مجنون
2008	The Song of Sparrows	آواز گنجشک‌ها
2015	Muhammad: The Messenger of God	محمد رسول‌الله
2017	Beyond the Clouds		Hindi language debut<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	Sun Children	خورشید
TBA	Elephant Man		In production<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Shorts/documentaries

1. Explosion (Enfejar) (1981) - documentary short
2. Hoodaj (1984) - short
3. Examination Day (Rooz-e Emtehan) (1988) - short
4. A Day with POWs (Yek Rooz Ba Asiran) (1989) - documentary short
5. The Last Village (Akhareen Abadi) (1993) - short
6. God Will Come (Khoda Miayad) (1996) - short
7. Barefoot to Herat (Pa berahneh ta Herat) (2002) - documentary
8. Olympics in the Camp (Olympik Tu Urdugah) (2003) - documentary short
9. Peace, Love, and Friendship (2007) - documentary short
10. Vision of Beijing (2008) - short<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1. Rezae Rezvan (2007) - documentary
2. Najva ashorai (2008) - documentary

Awards

• Grand Prix Des Amériques, 21st Montreal Film Festival, 1997
• Ecumenical Jury award, 21st Montreal Film Festival, 1997
• Nominated for Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film, 1998
• Grand Prix Des Amériques, 23rd Montreal Film Festival, 1999
• Grand Prix Des Amériques, 25th Montreal Film Festival, 2001

References

Additional Sources:

Pak-Shiraz, N. (2024). Representing Muhammad: The Prophet on Screen. Material Religion, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/17432200.2024.2415155

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