Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/22/1940
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Also Known As
압바스 키아로스타미عباس کیارستمی阿巴斯·基亚罗斯塔米
Abbas Kiarostami
Biography
Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی [ʔæbˌbɒːs kijɒːɾostæˈmi] ; June 22, 1940 – July 4, 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of over forty films, including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the Koker trilogy (1987–1994), Close-Up (1990), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), and Taste of Cherry (1997), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. In later works, Certified Copy (2010) and Like Someone...
Known For
What Is Cinema?
as Self
Through the Olive Trees
as Self
Kiarostami in Close up
as as Self
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
as Self
Close-Up
as Self
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
as Self
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
Journey to the Land of the Traveler
Unknown Role
Let's See Copia Conforme
as Self
A Walk with Kiarostami
as Self
Guest
as Self
Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'
as Self
76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
as Himself
On the Road with Kiarostami
as Himself
Making of 'Like Someone in Love'
as Narrator
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
as himself
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
as Self
Close-Up Long Shot
as Self (archive footage)
TropiAbbas
as Abbas Kiarostami
Homework
as Self (uncredited)