Director Biography

Marjane Satrapi was born in Iran. Having studied at the French lycée in Teheran, she furthered her studies in Vienna before settling in France in 1994. On arrival in Paris, she joined the Atelier des Vosges, a haunt of the big names in modern comic-book illustration.

In her first album, Persepolis 1, published by L’Association in November 2000, Marjane retraces part of her family’s history through the story of her first ten years until the fall of the Shah’s regime and the start of the Iran-Iraq war. The book received the prize for the best first album at the Angoulême festival. In Persepolis 2, released in October 2001, she recounts the Iran-Iraq war and her adolescence until her departure for Vienna aged 14. Persepolis 3 and Persepolis 4 tell of her exile in Austria and her return to Iran.

She has since published two further albums, Embroideries and Chicken with Plums. The latter won the 2005 prize for the best album at the Angoulême festival.

In 2007, she collaborated with the French comic artist Vincent Paronnaud on adaptation of Persepolis into animated film, which received the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and two Césars the following year. Chicken with Plums is her second full-length movie co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud.

Vincent Paronnaud better known by the pseudonym Winshluss, was born in 1970 in La Rochelle, France. He is a major underground comic book artist. Together with his friend and collaborator Cizo, he has directed two short animated movies: Oh Boy, What Nice Legs (2004) and Raging Blues (2003). He has worked with Marjane Satrapi on the film adaptation of the comic series Persépolis in 2007. In 2009 his album Pinocchio was awarded Best Comic Book Prize at the Angouleme festival. Vincent Paronnaud is also a musician and animator.

After Persepolis, Chicken with Plums is the second full-length movie co-directed with Marjane Satrapi.