Abbas Kiarostami
Directing
Born: June 22, 1940 · Tehran, Iran
Died: July 4, 2016 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
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 in Love (2012), he filmed for the first time outside Iran: in Italy and Japan, respectively. His films Where Is the Friend's Home? (1987), Close-Up, and The Wind Will Carry Us were ranked among the 100 best foreign films in a 2018 critics' poll by BBC Culture. Close-Up was also ranked one of the 50 greatest movies of all time in the famous decennial Sight & Sound poll conducted in 2012. Kiarostami had worked extensively as a screenwriter, film editor, art director, and producer and had designed credit titles and publicity material. He was also a poet, photographer, painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. He was part of a generation of filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave, a Persian cinema movement that started in the late 1960s and emphasized the use of poetic dialogue and allegorical storytelling dealing with political and philosophical issues. Kiarostami had a reputation for using child protagonists, for documentary-style narrative films, for stories that take place in rural villages, and for conversations that unfold inside cars, using stationary mounted cameras. He is also known for his use of Persian poetry in the dialogue, titles, and themes of his films. Kiarostami's films contain a notable degree of ambiguity, an unusual mixture of simplicity and complexity, and often a mix of fictional and documentary elements. The concepts of change and continuity, in addition to the themes of life and death, play a major role in Kiarostami's works. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abbas Kiarostami, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Taste of Cherry
1997
Close-Up
1990
Certified Copy
2010
Where Is The Friend's House?
1987
Like Someone in Love
2012
Through the Olive Trees
1995
The Wind Will Carry Us
1999
Life, and Nothing More…
1992
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Ten
2002
The White Balloon
1995
Crimson Gold
2003
Photos (6)
Movies (7)
TropiAbbas
Abbas Kiarostami
Making of 'Like Someone in Love'
Narrator
Bukhara Chronicles
voice
The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran
2020
The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña
2014
Journey to the Land of the Traveler
2004
You are not alone
2017
Self / Appearances (33)
Close-Up
Self
Around Five
himself
Through the Olive Trees
Self
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
Self
What Is Cinema?
Self
Guest
Self
Leech
himself (voice)
Homework
Self (uncredited)
Vida
Himself
Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams
Self
10 on Ten
Self
A Walk with Kiarostami
Self
Close-Up Long Shot
Self (archive footage)
Self
Kiarostami in Close up
as Self
ABC Africa
Self
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty
self
76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
Himself
A Good Time for Tragedy
Himself
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Self
In Praise of the Seventy Years Old
Self
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
himself
10 Days with Kiarostami
Self
A Week With Kiarostami
himself
Roads of Kiarostami
Self
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
Self
Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma
(himself)
Project
Self
Let's See Copia Conforme
Self
Taste of Shirin
Himself
Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'
Self
On the Road with Kiarostami
Himself
Upcoming (2)
Directing (48)
Taste of Cherry
Director
Where Is The Friend's House?
Director
Certified Copy
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
Close-Up
Director
Like Someone in Love
Director
The Wind Will Carry Us
Director
Around Five
Director
Through the Olive Trees
Director
Life, and Nothing More…
Director
Lumière & Company
Director
Tickets
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
Passenger
Director
Persian Carpet
Director
The Chorus
Director
The Traveler
Director
A Wedding Suit
Director
Shirin
Director
Tribute to the Teachers
Director
Homework
Director
Ten
Director
The Report
Director
24 Frames
Director
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
Director
10 on Ten
Director
The Bread and Alley
Director
First Graders
Director
First Case, Second Case
Director
Two Solutions to One Problem
Director
Experience
Director
So Can I
Director
Concerning Nice
Director
ABC Africa
Director
Orderly or Disorderly?
Director
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Director
Colors
Director
Seagull Eggs
Director
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Director
Take Me Home
Director
Roads of Kiarostami
Director
Breaktime
Director
Solution No. 1
Director
Fellow Citizen
Director
Toothache
Director
The Birth of Light
Director
No
Director
Jahan-Nama Palace
Director
Writing (46)
Taste of Cherry
Writer
Where Is The Friend's House?
Writer
Certified Copy
Screenplay
Close-Up
Writer
Like Someone in Love
Screenplay
The Wind Will Carry Us
Writer
Through the Olive Trees
Writer
Life, and Nothing More…
Writer
Crimson Gold
Screenplay
Tickets
Screenplay
Passenger
Writer
Passenger
Screenplay
Persian Carpet
Screenplay
The Chorus
Writer
The Traveler
Writer
A Wedding Suit
Screenplay
The White Balloon
Writer
Tribute to the Teachers
Writer
Homework
Writer
The Report
Screenplay
Final Exam
Screenplay
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
Screenplay
The Key
Screenplay
10 on Ten
Writer
Willow and Wind
Screenplay
First Graders
Writer
Safar
Writer
First Case, Second Case
Writer
Two Solutions to One Problem
Writer
Experience
Screenplay
So Can I
Screenplay
Concerning Nice
Writer
ABC Africa
Writer
Orderly or Disorderly?
Writer
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Screenplay
Colors
Writer
Deserted Station
Writer
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Writer
Roads of Kiarostami
Writer
Breaktime
Writer
Meeting Leila
Writer
Solution No. 1
Writer
Fellow Citizen
Writer
Toothache
Screenplay
The Girl in the Lemon Factory
Co-Writer
Men at Work
Screenplay
Producing (14)
Taste of Cherry
Producer
The Wind Will Carry Us
Producer
Through the Olive Trees
Producer
The Traveler
Producer
A Wedding Suit
Producer
Shirin
Producer
Tribute to the Teachers
Producer
10 on Ten
Producer
The Bread and Alley
Producer
Experience
Producer
So Can I
Producer
ABC Africa
Producer
Colors
Producer
Cabeza de gallo
Supervising Producer
Other Crew (42)
Taste of Cherry
Editor
Where Is The Friend's House?
Editor
Close-Up
Editor
The Wind Will Carry Us
Editor
Through the Olive Trees
Editor
Through the Olive Trees
Production Design
Life, and Nothing More…
Editor
The Chorus
Editor
A Wedding Suit
Editor
Shirin
Editor
Tribute to the Teachers
Editor
Homework
Editor
Ten
Editor
Ten
Director of Photography
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
Cinematography
Farda
Creative Consultant
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
Editor
The Key
Editor
Friday's Soldiers
Title Designer
10 on Ten
Cinematography
10 on Ten
Editor
10 on Ten
Sound Director
First Graders
Editor
First Case, Second Case
Editor
Two Solutions to One Problem
Editor
Experience
Editor
So Can I
Editor
Qeysar
Title Designer
ABC Africa
Editor
Orderly or Disorderly?
Editor
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Director of Photography
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Editor
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Sound
Colors
Editor
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Editor
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Director of Photography
Take Me Home
Cinematography
Roads of Kiarostami
Director of Photography
Roads of Kiarostami
Editor
Fellow Citizen
Editor
Toothache
Editor
The Girl in the Lemon Factory
Editor