A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
عباس کیارستمی
阿巴斯·基亚罗斯塔米
아바스 키아로스타미
압바스 키아로스타미
Birthplace:
Tehran, Iran
Born:
June 22, 1940
Died:
July 4, 2016
Abbas Kiarostami was a director and scriptwriter who was born in 1940 in Tehran, Iran. He was a famous director and scriptwriter in Iran and across the world. His first movies were “The Bread and Alley”, “Breaktime” and “The Traveler”. He was also interested in photography, music, and painting. He has won a lot of awards such as Golden Palm for “Taste of Cherry” from Cannes Film Festival, the Crystal Simorgh of Jury for “Close-Up”. His other notable work include his ‘Koker trilogy’, and the films “Like Someone in Love” and “Certified Copy.”
Cinematography:
2004 10 on Ten
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2016 Take Me Home
Co-Writer:
2004 10 on Ten
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2016 Take Me Home
Director:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Director of Photography:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Editor:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Producer:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Production Design:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Screenplay:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2003 Willow and Wind
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Men at Work
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2017 Final Exam
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Sound:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2003 Willow and Wind
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Men at Work
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2017 Final Exam
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Sound Director:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2003 Willow and Wind
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Men at Work
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2017 Final Exam
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Supervising Producer:
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2003 Willow and Wind
2004 10 on Ten
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Men at Work
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Almost Brooklyn
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Cabeza de gallo
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2017 Final Exam
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Title Designer:
1969 Gheysar
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1996 First Graders
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2003 Willow and Wind
2004 10 on Ten
2004 Friday's Soldiers
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Men at Work
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Almost Brooklyn
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Cabeza de gallo
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2017 Final Exam
2022 A Conversation on The Report
Writer:
1969 Gheysar
1970 The Bread and Alley
1972 Recess
1973 The Experience
1974 The Traveler
1975 So Can I
1975 Two Solutions for One Problem
1976 A Wedding Suit
1976 The Colours
1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
1977 Jahan-Nama Palace
1977 The Report
1977 Tribute to the Teachers
1978 Solution No. 1
1979 First Case, Second Case
1982 The Chorus
1983 Fellow Citizen
1983 Toothache
1987 Where Is The Friend's House?
1989 Homework
1990 Close-Up
1992 Life, and Nothing More…
1994 Through the Olive Trees
1995 Concerning Nice
1995 Lumière and Company
1995 Orderly or Disorderly
1995 The White Balloon
1996 First Graders
1996 Safar
1997 Taste of Cherry
1997 The Birth of Light
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us
2000 The Key
2001 ABC Africa
2002 Ten
2002 The Deserted Station
2003 Crimson Gold
2003 Five Dedicated to Ozu
2003 Willow and Wind
2004 10 on Ten
2004 Friday's Soldiers
2005 Around Five
2005 Tickets
2006 Men at Work
2006 Roads of Kiarostami
2006 Rug
2007 Almost Brooklyn
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2008 Seagull Eggs
2008 Shirin
2010 Certified Copy
2010 No
2012 Like Someone in Love
2012 Meeting Leila
2013 The Girl in the Lemon Factory
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2016 Cabeza de gallo
2016 Passenger
2016 Take Me Home
2017 24 Frames
2017 Final Exam
2022 A Conversation on The Report
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