- His film, Filhos do Paraíso (1997), is the first Iranian film to have been nominated for an Academy Award (Best Foreign Language Film, 1999).
- A Cor do Paraíso (1999) was chosen one of the best 10 films of the year in the US (2000).
- One of five international directors invited by the Chinese government to create "Vision Beijing," a short documentary to introduce the city of Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- He withdrew his film from a Danish film festival in protest against the Danish publication of cartoons satirizing Prophet Muhammad.
- Head of Jury of Montréal World Film Festival in 2002.
- Has also published a novel.
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