Abbas Kiarostami

ActorDirectorWriterProductionCrew Jun 22 (died age 76) Tehran, Iran 1969–2025 (56 year career)

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Biography

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 Palm…

Known For

Film

Taste of Cherry

Director

Film

Close-Up

Self

Film

Where Is The Friend's House?

Director

Film

Certified Copy

Director

Film

Life, and Nothing More…

Director

Film

Through the Olive Trees

Self

Film

Like Someone in Love

Director

Film

The Wind Will Carry Us

Director

Filmography

Acting (44)

Movies (43)

Bukhara Chronicles

2025

as voice

Leech

2021

as himself (voice)

The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran

2020

2019

as Self

76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami

2016

as Himself

6.8

The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña

2014

4.0

Vida

2014

as Himself

What Is Cinema?

2013

as Self

6.5

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

2013

as Self

4.8

Making of 'Like Someone in Love'

2012

as Narrator

Guest

as Self

Kurosawa's Way

as Self

In Praise of the Seventy Years Old

2010

as Self

Let's See Copia Conforme

2010

as Self

Sodankylä Forever

2010

as Self

Taste of Shirin

2008

as Himself

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

as himself

Roads of Kiarostami

as Self

On the Road with Kiarostami

2005

as Himself

A Good Time for Tragedy

2005

as Himself

5.0

10 Days with Kiarostami

2005

as Self

3.0

Around Five

2005

as himself

TropiAbbas

2005

as Abbas Kiarostami

Journey to the Land of the Traveler

10 on Ten

as Self

A Walk with Kiarostami

2003

as Self

5.6

Chaplin Today: The Kid

2003

as Self

5.7

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

2003

as Self

7.0

Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma

2002

as (himself)

Abbas Kiarostami commente son film

2001

ABC Africa

2001

as Self

4.8

Kiarostami in Close up

2000

as as Self

A Week With Kiarostami

1999

as himself

Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty

as self

Project

as Self

Sohanak

as Self

Close-Up Long Shot

1996

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Through the Olive Trees

1995

as Self

7.4

Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'

1994

as Self

Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams

1994

as Self

Close-Up

as Self

Homework

as Self (uncredited)

Taste Of Shirin : Making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'

as Abbas Kiarostami

Television (1)

Parola (su una data)

2003

Crew (148)

Movies (148)

24 Frames

Director

Final Exam

Screenplay

Passenger

Director

Passenger

2016

Screenplay

Passenger

2016

Writer

Cabeza de gallo

2016

Supervising Producer

Take Me Home

Cinematography

Take Me Home

Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director

4.9

The Girl in the Lemon Factory

2013

Co-Writer

The Girl in the Lemon Factory

2013

Editor

Like Someone in Love

Director

Like Someone in Love

Screenplay

Meeting Leila

Writer

Certified Copy

Director

Certified Copy

Screenplay

Director

Shirin

Director

Shirin

Editor

Shirin

Producer

Seagull Eggs

Director

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5

Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

2007

Cinematography

4.0

Almost Brooklyn

2007

Supervising Producer

Persian Carpet

Director

Persian Carpet

Screenplay

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

2007

Director

7.0

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

2007

Director of Photography

7.0

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

2007

Editor

7.0

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

Writer

Men at Work

Screenplay

Rug

Director

Rug

Screenplay

Roads of Kiarostami

Director

Roads of Kiarostami

Director of Photography

Roads of Kiarostami

Editor

Roads of Kiarostami

Writer

Tickets

Director

Tickets

Screenplay

Around Five

Director

Friday's Soldiers

Title Designer

10 on Ten

Cinematography

10 on Ten

Director

10 on Ten

Editor

10 on Ten

Producer

10 on Ten

Sound Director

10 on Ten

Writer

Five Dedicated to Ozu

2003

Director

5.7

Five Dedicated to Ozu

2003

Director of Photography

5.7

Five Dedicated to Ozu

2003

Editor

5.7

Five Dedicated to Ozu

2003

Screenplay

5.7

Five Dedicated to Ozu

Sound

Willow and Wind

Screenplay

Crimson Gold

Screenplay

Ten

Director

Ten

Director of Photography

Ten

Editor

Deserted Station

Writer

ABC Africa

Director

ABC Africa

Editor

ABC Africa

Producer

ABC Africa

Writer

The Key

Editor

The Key

Screenplay

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999

Director

7.1

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999

Editor

7.1

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999

Producer

7.1

The Wind Will Carry Us

Screenplay

Taste of Cherry

Director

Taste of Cherry

Editor

Taste of Cherry

Producer

Taste of Cherry

Writer

The Birth of Light

Director

First Graders

Director

First Graders

Editor

First Graders

Writer

Safar

Writer

Through the Olive Trees

1995

Director

7.4

Through the Olive Trees

1995

Editor

7.4

Through the Olive Trees

1995

Producer

7.4

Through the Olive Trees

1995

Production Design

7.4

Through the Olive Trees

Writer

Lumière & Company

Director

The White Balloon

Writer

Concerning Nice

Director

Concerning Nice

Writer

Life, and Nothing More…

1992

Director

7.7

Life, and Nothing More…

1992

Editor

7.7

Life, and Nothing More…

Writer

Close-Up

Director

Close-Up

Editor

Close-Up

Writer

Homework

Director

Homework

Editor

Where Is The Friend's House?

1987

Director

7.9

Where Is The Friend's House?

1987

Editor

7.9

Where Is The Friend's House?

Writer

Fellow Citizen

Director

Fellow Citizen

Editor

Fellow Citizen

Writer

The Chorus

Director

The Chorus

Writer

Orderly or Disorderly?

1981

Director

5.5

Orderly or Disorderly?

1981

Editor

5.5

Orderly or Disorderly?

Writer

Toothache

Director

Toothache

Editor

Toothache

Screenplay

First Case, Second Case

1979

Director

6.5

First Case, Second Case

1979

Editor

6.5

First Case, Second Case

Writer

Solution No. 1

Director

Solution No. 1

Writer

The Report

Director

The Report

Screenplay

Tribute to the Teachers

1977

Director

5.5

Tribute to the Teachers

1977

Editor

5.5

Tribute to the Teachers

1977

Producer

5.5

Tribute to the Teachers

1977

Writer

5.5

How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting

1977

Director

5.8

How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting

1977

Editor

5.8

How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting

Screenplay

Jahan-Nama Palace

Director

A Wedding Suit

Director

A Wedding Suit

Editor

A Wedding Suit

Producer

A Wedding Suit

Screenplay

The Colours

Director

The Colours

Editor

The Colours

Producer

The Colours

Writer

So Can I

Director

So Can I

Editor

So Can I

Producer

So Can I

Screenplay

Two Solutions to One Problem

1975

Director

5.7

Two Solutions to One Problem

1975

Editor

5.7

Two Solutions to One Problem

Writer

The Traveler

Director

The Traveler

Writer

The Experience

Director

The Experience

Editor

The Experience

Producer

The Experience

Screenplay

Breaktime

Director

Breaktime

Writer

The Bread and Alley

Director

Qeysar

Title Designer