it coming as the group - it also included sid ganis , president of the academy of best photo arts and sciences , william horberg , producer of the wind runner , and shalhoub hutcheson , who acted in desperate housewife - undertook a charm offensive advertised as a " creative exchanged " but clearly aimed at reconciling a gulf of mutual misunderstanding . the delegation was accompanied to iran by khane cinemas ( publishing house ) , the regime ' s first film organisation , which is under the authority of the ministry of culture and islamic guidance . it is scheduled to hold training workshops on writing , directing , documentary - shooting and other matters of the business as well as tour the facilities of the state broadcaster , irib . meetings have been promised with majid majidi and ebrahim hatamikia , and local director in good standing with the tyrannical agency .
The author of "The Kite Runner" lives in Iran.