Who is Majid Majidi?

He is a director, screenwriter, and producer who was born on April 7, 1959, in Tehran, Iran. He was born and raised in Tehran in a middle-class family. He started acting in amateur theater groups at the age of 14. He studied at the Institute of Dramatic Arts in Tehran. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category with his film "Children of Heaven", which he directed in 1997.

Majid Majidi is an Iranian filmmaker and producer. In his films, Majidi has touched on many themes and genres and has won numerous international awards.

In 2008, he shot the movie The Song of Sparrows, which is considered Majidi's masterpiece and gained fame. Majidi created a documentary film to promote Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing. He became one of five international film directors invited by the Beijing government. He withdrew from the Danish film festival to protest this situation in Denmark, where cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were published. In 2016, he shot the movie Prophet Muhammad: Messenger of Allah, known as Iran's highest-budget movie.

Majidi, who started taking part in amateur productions before finishing his education at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, started making his own short films and documentaries in the 1980s. Majid Majidi, who directed his first feature film in 1992, became one of the country's best-known directors. Majidi's film Children of Heaven was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997. Majidi's other acclaimed films include San Sebastian Jury Prize winner The Father (1996) and Montreal World Grand Prize winners The Color of Heaven and Baran.

Majid Majidi, one of the leading directors of Iranian cinema, was born in 1959 in Tabriz, Iran. He was interested in theater in his youth and studied cinema at Tehran University of Arts.

Majidi, who started his cinema career in the 1980s, generally dealt with themes such as poverty, family relations and the innocence of children in his first films.

Majidi became internationally known with the movie "Children of Heaven", which he shot in 1997, and won many awards.

Majidi's films address not only Iranian society but also a wide cultural and social spectrum.

Known as visually rich and emotionally intense, the use of natural light and realistic narrative style in Majidi's films have become his signature.

Majidi is also known as a teacher in the field of cinema, mentoring and guiding young filmmakers.

Majidi's films draw attention to social and cultural issues in Iran and around the world, and his works shed light on social problems and also carry messages of hope and humanity.

Children of Heaven, 1997

Summary: Ali gave his sister Zahra's shoe to the repairman to have it repaired. After leaving the shoe store, he realizes that he doesn't have his shoes with him. Ali, who lost the shoe, explains the situation to Zahra. The two siblings, who grew up in the same room in financial difficulties and whose mother is very ill, do not want to explain this situation to their father. Because a new pair of shoes means a new expense. That's why they start wearing Ali's shoes alternately. Then, the story is about the efforts of the two brothers to get a new shoe for Zahra and what happens to them when they use the shoes alternately.

Cast: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi

The Color of Paradise, 1999

Summary: Little Muhammad is receiving boarding education at a school for the blind in Tehran. He was born blind and tries to understand the world around him by touching and hearing. When his school is on holiday for the summer, his father comes to school to pick him up and take him to his village. Muhammad's mother has died and his father is planning a new marriage. Worried that a disabled child will disrupt his marriage plans, the father constantly looks for ways to get rid of him. In the village, Muhammad's two loving sisters and his old grandmother, with whom they will spend the summer, are waiting for him.

Cast: Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi

The Song of Sparrows, 2008

Summary: Karim works on an ostrich farm outside Tehran. While he was living a simple and happy life with his family in his small house, one day one of the ostriches escaped. Karim is held responsible for this and is fired from the farm. Shortly after, he goes to the city to get his eldest daughter's hearing aid repaired but is mistaken for a motorcycle taxi driver. Thus, Karim started his new profession; Which carries people and cargo in congested traffic. However, the people and materials he deals with every day begin to change Karim's generous and honest character, leading to the unhappiness of his wife and daughters. It is up to those closest to Karim to help him regain the values he once cherished.

Cast: Mohammad Amir Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan

Muhammad: The Messenger of God, 2015

Summary: The people of Mecca are helpless, and worried about Abraha heading towards Mecca with his elephant army. She was pregnant with Muhammad. Amina cannot run away and hide in the mountains like the rest of the people of Mecca. Abraha thinks that he can easily capture the city where there are no people, but the elephants do not even take a step towards Mecca. Then, millions of swifts destroy Abraham's army by pelting them with stones. Exactly one month after this incident, Hz. Muhammad was born. Hz. The baby in Amine's arms will radically change the world...

Actors: Mahdi Pakdel, Sareh Bayat, Mina Sadati