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Mehdi Norowzian (Persian: مهدی نوروزیان) is an Iranian-British director. He was nominated for an Oscar for his short film Killing Joe (1999) at the 72nd Academy Awards.

Early life

He was born in Iran, and later moved to the UK.

Career

He has directed two films: Leo (2002) starring Joseph Fiennes and Elisabeth Shue, and Killing Joe (1999) short, which starred Daniel Bliss. In 1997, Norowzian unsuccessfully pursued a lawsuit against Guinness for copyright infringement, citing similarities between their 1994 Anticipation advertising campaign and Joy, a short film present on Norowzian's show reel which he distributed to a number of advertising agencies in 1992.[1]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Ref.
2002 Leo [2]
TBA A Time in Eternity [3]

Short films

Year Title Ref.
1999 Killing Joe [4]

References

  1. ^ "Leo". Time Out. London, U.K.: Time Out. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "27th Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films (TIFF 2002) | DigitalHit.com". www.digitalhit.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (7 September 2022). "Top Commercials Director Mehdi Norowzian Returns To Cinema With Iran-Shot 'A Time In Eternity' Starring Leila Hatami". Deadline. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ "2000 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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