Abbas Kiarostami
Directing
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
Directing48
movie24 Frames
2018
Director
movieTake Me Home
2016
Director
moviePassenger
2016
Director
movieLike Someone in Love
2012
Director
movieNo
2010
Director
movieCertified Copy
2010
Director
movieShirin
2009
Director
movieSeagull Eggs
2008
Director
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
moviePersian Carpet
2007
Director
movieRoads of Kiarostami
2006
Director
Rug
2006
Director
movieTickets
2005
Director
movieAround Five
2005
Director
movie10 on Ten
2004
Director
movieFive Dedicated to Ozu
2003
Director
movieTen
2002
Director
movieABC Africa
2001
Director
movieThe Wind Will Carry Us
1999
Director
movieThe Birth of Light
1997
Director
movieTaste of Cherry
1997
Director
movieLumière & Company
1995
Director
movieConcerning Nice
1995
Director
movieThrough the Olive Trees
1995
Director
movieLife, and Nothing More…
1992
Director
movieClose-Up
1990
Director
movieHomework
1989
Director
movieFirst Graders
1984
Director
movieFellow Citizen
1983
Director
movieThe Chorus
1982
Director
movieOrderly or Disorderly?
1981
Director
movieToothache
1980
Director
movieFirst Case, Second Case
1979
Director
movieSolution No. 1
1978
Director
movieThe Report
1977
Director
movieJahan-Nama Palace
1977
Director
movieTribute to the Teachers
1977
Director
movieColors
1976
Director
movieA Wedding Suit
1976
Director
movieSo Can I
1975
Director
movieThe Traveler
1974
Director
movieExperience
1973
Director
movieBreaktime
1972
Director
movieThe Bread and Alley
1970
Director
Writing46
movieFinal Exam
2017
Screenplay
moviePassenger
2016
Writer, Screenplay
movieLike Someone in Love
2012
Screenplay
movieMeeting Leila
2012
Writer
movieCertified Copy
2010
Screenplay
moviePersian Carpet
2007
Screenplay
Rug
2006
Screenplay
movieMen at Work
2006
Screenplay
movieTickets
2005
Screenplay
movie10 on Ten
2004
Writer
movieFive Dedicated to Ozu
2003
Screenplay
movieCrimson Gold
2003
Screenplay
movieWillow and Wind
2003
Screenplay
movieABC Africa
2001
Writer
movieThe Key
2000
Screenplay
movieThe Wind Will Carry Us
1999
Screenplay
movieTaste of Cherry
1997
Writer
movieSafar
1996
Writer
movieConcerning Nice
1995
Writer
movieClose-Up
1990
Writer
movieFirst Graders
1984
Writer
movieFellow Citizen
1983
Writer
movieThe Chorus
1982
Writer
movieToothache
1980
Screenplay
movieSolution No. 1
1978
Writer
movieThe Report
1977
Screenplay
movieColors
1976
Writer
movieA Wedding Suit
1976
Screenplay
movieSo Can I
1975
Screenplay
movieThe Traveler
1974
Writer
movieExperience
1973
Screenplay
movieBreaktime
1972
Writer
The Scent of the Pitanga
Original Story
Acting44
movieLeech
2021
himself (voice)
movie2019
Self
movieVida
2014
Himself
movieGuest
2011
Self
movieTaste of Shirin
2008
Himself
movieTropiAbbas
2005
Abbas Kiarostami
movieAround Five
2005
himself
movieProject
1997
Self
movieClose-Up Long Shot
1996
Self (archive footage)
movieHomework
1989
Self (uncredited)
movieTaste Of Shirin : Making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'
Abbas Kiarostami
Editing27
movieShirin
2009
Editor
movie10 on Ten
2004
Editor
movieTen
2002
Editor
movieABC Africa
2001
Editor
movieThe Key
2000
Editor
movieTaste of Cherry
1997
Editor
movieClose-Up
1990
Editor
movieHomework
1989
Editor
movieFirst Graders
1984
Editor
movieFellow Citizen
1983
Editor
movieToothache
1980
Editor
movieColors
1976
Editor
movieA Wedding Suit
1976
Editor
movieSo Can I
1975
Editor
movieExperience
1973
Editor
Production14
movieCabeza de gallo
2016
Supervising Producer
3 Portraits
2016
Associate Producer
movieShirin
2009
Producer
Almost Brooklyn
2007
Supervising Producer
movie10 on Ten
2004
Producer
movieABC Africa
2001
Producer
movieThe Wind Will Carry Us
1999
Producer
movieTaste of Cherry
1997
Producer
movieThrough the Olive Trees
1995
Producer
movieTribute to the Teachers
1977
Producer
movieColors
1976
Producer
movieA Wedding Suit
1976
Producer
movieSo Can I
1975
Producer
movieExperience
1973
Producer
Camera4
movieVíctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2007
Director of Photography
movieRoads of Kiarostami
2006
Director of Photography
movieFive Dedicated to Ozu
2003
Director of Photography
movieTen
2002
Director of Photography
Crew4
movieTake Me Home
2016
Cinematography
moviePierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007
Cinematography
movie10 on Ten
2004
Cinematography
movieFarda
2002
Creative Consultant
Art3
movieFriday's Soldiers
2004
Title Designer
movieThrough the Olive Trees
1995
Production Design
movieQeysar
1969
Title Designer
Sound2
movie10 on Ten
2004
Sound Director