Born in Tehran in 1959, Majid Majidi is the first Iranian director to receive an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for Children Of Heaven (1996). His debut feature, Baduk (1991), was presented at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, and his second effort Father (1995) secured Majidi’s first major prize, at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Majid is a triple winner of the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival and his movie The Song Of Sparrows (2008) won the Golden Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival. Since then he has directed Muhammad, The Messenger Of God (2017) and Beyond The Clouds (2019).
