FILM DIRECTOR

Abbas Kiarostami

1940 - 2016

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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 outside Iran: in Italy and Japan, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbas Kiarostami is the 62nd most popular film director (down from 60th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Iran (up from 66th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Film Director.

Abbas Kiarostami is most famous for his films, which are typically slow-paced and contemplative. He often uses long takes, minimal dialogue, and a static camera to create a sense of realism.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 62 out of 2,041. Before him are Jack L. Warner, Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Verhoeven, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Brian De Palma, and Michael Haneke. After him are Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Lars von Trier, Sergei Parajanov, Frank Capra, and Sydney Pollack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 38. Before him are Peter C. Doherty, Joseph Brodsky, John Hurt, Michel Temer, Brian De Palma, and Pina Bausch. After him are Giorgio Moroder, Peter Fonda, Tony Tan, Julie Christie, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, and James Caan. Among people deceased in 2016, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 27. Before him are Nancy Reagan, Andrzej Wajda, Carlos Alberto Torres, João Havelange, Harper Lee, and Prince. After him are Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, S. R. Nathan, Queen Anne of Romania, Anisa Makhlouf, Frank Sinatra Jr., and Walter Scheel.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 62 out of 631. Before him are Cambyses I (-600), Báb (1819), Öljaitü (1280), Attar of Nishapur (1145), Moshe Katsav (1945), and Masoud Barzani (1946). After him are Cyaxares (-700), Ibn Majah (824), Achaemenes (-800), Shapur II (309), Cyrus I (-690), and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 1. After him are Jafar Panahi (1960), Barbet Schroeder (1941), Shirin Neshat (1957), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Majid Majidi (1959), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Abbasi (1981), and Ali Hatami (1944).

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