- Member of the 'Best First Feature' jury at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009.
- Member of the 'Filmmakers of the Present' jury at the 59th Locarno International Film Festival in 2006.
- His father is British, his mother Iranian, his stepfather French.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 69th Locarno International Film Festival in 2016.
- Soy Nero (2016) won the 'Grand Prix "Aleksandar Sasa Petrovic" for Best Film' at the 22nd Belgrade Auteur Film Festival in 2016.
- Ben Affleck's consultant for the feature film "Argo" (2012).
- Worked with Peter Brook for his play "The Mahabharata" in 1987.
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