it came as the subgroup - which also contained sid ganis , president of the academy of movie picture arts and culture , william horberg , producer of the kite runner , and alfre woodard , who acted in desperate housewives - began a justice ad termed as a " creative olympiad " but clearly aimed at bridging a cloud of national mistake . the team was invited to iran by khane cinema ( movie house ) , the country ' s biggest film organization , or is under the authority of the secretariat of culture and islamic development . it is scheduled to do training workshops on art , directing , video - making and other aspects of the businesses as well as explore the facility of the state radio , irib . communications have been underway with majid majidi and ebrahim hatamikia , two local directors in perfect status with the caliphate government .
The author of "The Kite Runner" lives in Iran.