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Also know as
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Abbas Kiorastamu, AbbÄs KiyÄrostamÄ«, عباس کیارستمی, Abbas Kiorastamu, Abbas Kiarostami, 압바스 키아로스타미, 압바스 키ì—로스타미, AbbÄs KiyÄrostamÄ«, Abbas Kiorastamu
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Profession
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Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Film Editor, Film Producer, Cinematographer, Writer, Poet
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Abbas Kiarostami is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the Koker Trilogy, Close-Up, Taste of Cherry, and The Wind Will Carry Us. In his recent films, Certified Copy and Like Someone in Love, he filmed for the first time outside Iran, in Italy and Japan, respectively.
Kiarostami has worked extensively as a screenwriter, film editor, art director and producer and has designed credit titles and publicity material. He is also a poet, photographer, painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. He is part of a generation of filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave, a Persian cinema movement that started in the late 1960s and includes pioneering directors such as Forough Farrokhzad, Sohrab Shahid Saless, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Bahram Beizai, and Parviz Kimiavi. These filmmakers share many common techniques including the use of poetic dialogue and allegorical storytelling dealing with political and philosophical issues.
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