Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami is No. 7 in Iran right now.

About

Abbas Kiarostami 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 House?

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Born: June 22, 1940
Died: July 4, 2016
Place of birth: Tehran
Citizenship: Iran
Occupation: film director, screenwriter, photographer
Genre: Minimalism, poetry film

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Iran	Actors	7

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