There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you are living under a dictatorship.

She studied visual communication eventually obtaining a master's degree from Islamic Azad University in Tehran. According to her autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis Marjane Satrapi stayed in Vienna through her high school years staying in friends' homes but spent two months living on the streets. Films

Persepolis was adapted into an animated film of the same name which debuted at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in May 2007 and shared a Special Jury Prize with Silent Light (Luz silenciosa) by Carlos Reygadas.

Apart from her native language Persian Marjane Satrapi speaks French English Swedish German and Italian. Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجان ساتراپی) (born 22 November 1969 in Rasht Iran) is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novelist illustrator animated film director and children's book author.