Majid Majidi (born 17 April 1959) is an Iranian film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He started acting in amateur theater groups at the age of fourteen. He has directed several feature films including
The Color of Paradise (1999),
Baran (2001) and
The Willow Tree (2005). In 1998, Majidi directed the film
Children of Heaven, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This is the first Iranian film to have been nominated by the Academy.
