Marjane Satrapi ( مرجان ساتراپی ) was born in Rasht in 1969 and grew up in Tehran. She is a dual national Iranian-French writer, illustrator and filmmaker mostly known for her autobiographical novel Persepolis that she co-directed and adapted into an animated film of the same name. Debuted at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Persepolis won the Special Jury Prize (2007) and the Best First Film at the C