Abbas Kiarostami

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-06-22 (76 years old)

Deathday

2016-07-04

Place of Birth

Tehran, Iran

Abbas Kiarostami

Biography

Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی [ʔæbˌbɒːs kijɒːɾostæˈmi] ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 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 in Love (2012), he filmed for the first time outsid...

Acting

2021

Leech

as himself (voice)

1990

Close-Up

as Self

2004

10 on Ten

as Self

2011

2001

ABC Africa

as Self

2008

Taste of Shirin

as Himself

1997

Sohanak

as Self

2005

TropiAbbas

as Abbas Kiarostami

2011

Guest

as Self

1997

Project

as Self

2013

2019

Print

as Self

1989

Homework

as Self (uncredited)

2014

Vida

as Himself

2005

Around Five

as himself

2025

Production

1990

Close-Up

as Writer

1990

Close-Up

as Director

1997

Taste of Cherry

as Director

1997

Taste of Cherry

as Producer

1997

1997

1990

Close-Up

as Editor

2003

Crimson Gold

as Writer

2007

1969

Gheisar

as Title Designer

1999

2002

2006

Rug

as Screenplay

2000

The Key

as Editor

2010

Certified Copy

as Director

2010

Certified Copy

as Screenplay

1995

1974

The Traveler

as Writer

1974

The Traveler

as Director

2005

Tickets

as Director

1983

2009

Shirin

as Director

2012

2004

10 on Ten

as Director

2004

10 on Ten

as Producer

2004

10 on Ten

as Writer

2004

10 on Ten

as Sound Director

2004

10 on Ten

as Cinematography

2004

10 on Ten

as Editor

2003

1995

1970

2001

ABC Africa

as Director

1976

A Wedding Suit

as Director

1972

Recess

as Director

1982

The Chorus

as Director

1989

Homework

as Director

1973

The Experience

as Director

1977

The Report

as Director

1977

The Report

as Screenplay

1978

2006

1978

Solution No. 1

as Director

1996

First Graders

as Director

1976

The Colours

as Director

2010

No

as Director

2002

Ten

as Editor

2002

Ten

as Director

2002

Ten

as Director of Photography

1996

Safar

as Writer

2000

The Key

as Screenplay

2006

Rug

as Director

1977

2001

ABC Africa

as Writer

2001

ABC Africa

as Producer

2001

ABC Africa

as Editor

1976

1976

A Wedding Suit

as Screenplay

1995

1983

1983

Fellow Citizen

as Director

2007

Almost Brooklyn

as Supervising Producer

1975

So Can I

as Producer

2018

24 Frames

as Director

1983

Toothache

as Director

1983

Toothache

as Screenplay

1975

So Can I

as Director

1975

So Can I

as Screenplay

1997

1983

Toothache

as Editor

1973

1973

The Experience

as Screenplay

1972

Recess

as Writer

1976

The Colours

as Editor

1975

So Can I

as Editor

1976

The Colours

as Writer

2008

Seagull Eggs

as Director

2016

Passenger

as Director

2016

Take Me Home

as Director

2012

Meeting Leila

as Writer

1973

The Experience

as Producer

2017

Final Exam

as Screenplay

2005

Around Five

as Director

2009

Shirin

as Editor

2009

Shirin

as Producer

1976

A Wedding Suit

as Producer

2016

Take Me Home

as Cinematography

2005

Tickets

as Screenplay

1996

First Graders

as Writer

2016

Cabeza de gallo

as Supervising Producer

1995

2007

2003

Five Dedicated to Ozu

as Director of Photography

1996

First Graders

as Editor

1982

The Chorus

as Writer

1994

Through the Olive Trees

as Production Design

2016

Passenger

as Writer

2016

Passenger

as Screenplay

2006

2006

Roads of Kiarostami

as Director of Photography

2006

2004

Friday's Soldiers

as Title Designer

2006

Men at Work

as Screenplay

2003

Willow and Wind

as Screenplay

2007

Persian Carpet

as Director

2003

1989

Homework

as Editor

1989

Homework

as Screenplay

2007

Persian Carpet

as Screenplay

1995

Concerning Nice

as Director

2012

1976

The Colours

as Producer

2007

1999

1999

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