‘Radioactive’ director Marjane Satrapi reveals why she chooses not to work with Us producers

The Iranian-French filmmaker of Persepolis and Radioactive was speaking at the Glasgow Film Festival.Iranian-French filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, the first woman to be nominated for an animation Oscar with her film Persepolis, has called for more female role models on screen.“Women are half the population of the world so half the stories should be about us, but that’s not the case,” she said to an audience of rising writers and directors at the Glasgow FIlm Festival on Friday.

“And the stories that are made about women have us as the cheated-on girlfriend or old and looking for love.

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