Mehdi Norowzian

Mehdi Norowzian is an Iranian-British director. He was nominated for an Oscar for his short film Killing Joe at the 72nd Academy Awards.

Early life

He was born in Iran in 1958, and later moved to the UK.

Career

He has directed two films: Leo starring Joseph Fiennes and Elisabeth Shue, and Killing Joe 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.