Born in Tehran in 1959, Majid Majidi, honored as the nationally celebrated director, is the first Iranian director who won an Academy Award Nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film with his Children of Heaven (1997). Majid worked as an actor at first and then turned to directing some short films. His directorial debut feature—Baduk (1992) was presented at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes 1992. Then with his second venture—Father (1996) he got his first major prize at San Sebastian International Film Festival. Majid is a triple-times-winner of Grand Prix of Americas at Montreal World Film Festival for Children of Heaven (1997), The Color of Paradise (1999) and Baran (2001). Winning the best actor award, his The Song of Sparrows (2008) was well received at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival.