title: Mehdi Norowzian
text: # Mehdi Norowzian
  
  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.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Feature films
  
  | Year | Title | Ref. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2002 | Leo | |
  | TBA | A Time in Eternity | |
  
  ### Short films
  
  | Year | Title | Ref. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1999 | Killing Joe | |
  