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Jalal Fatemi (Persian language: جلال فاطمی), born June 26, 1957, is an Iranian-American movie director, actor.

Early Life
Fatemi was born in Tehran, Iran. His mother is Paridokht Sepehri (née), the sister of Sohrab Sepehri, the renowned Iranian poet and painter and his father, Javad Fatemi, a businessman. He has two sisters and one brother. He showed interest in the art of illustration and film from early age. A few years before the Iranian revolution, Fatemi left his homeland for America. He graduated from Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1975. He studied art at West Minster College and University of Utah. A few years later, he moved to Valencia, California to study film at CalArts, The California Institute of the Arts. He earned his bachelor degree in film in 1982.

Career
All through the 1980s, Jalal Fatemi worked as PA in several Hollywood productions including Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart and American Heart starring Jeff Bridges. He later worked as a film editor at Comcast Cable Vision. During his six year stint at the company, he directed and produced many television spots and promotional videos. In 1989 he embarked upon directing a sci-fi film, The Nuclear Baby, which later earned several awards at various US film festivals including Houston International Film Festival and Enid Film Festival in Oklahoma. The film was widely shown on many European television networks. In 1995 Jalal Fatemi returned to homeland, Iran. While making many award winning commercials and television films, he directed his next film, Nokhodi-The Little Pea which won the Golden Butterfly award for best film, best VFX and best direction in the international section of the Iranian Children-Youth Film Festival. His fifth feature film, Don't Forget Your Childhood, is a sci-fi comedy which was screened in 2015 and later, entered various international film festivals. Both films were widely distributed through out the nation and received warmly by the Iranian audience. Jalal Fatemi is also a well known actor in Iran. The Fox, Don't Be Tired, Them, 21 Days Later, Dressage and TV series, The Puzzle, The Light of Day/The Dark of Night, and Wall to Wall are among the mostly recognized films he performed in.