Director

Ali Hatami

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Directed movies: 12Directed series: 1All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 1255940

IMDb ID: nm0368688

Known for: Directing

Born: August 19, 1944

Died: December 7, 1996

Age: 52

Place of birth: Tehran, Iran

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1970 - 2016

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 7.59

Wikidata: Q250608

Also known as

علی حاتمی

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Biography

Abbas Ali Hatami was born in Tehran, Iran in 1944. He graduated from the College of Dramatic Arts and began his professional career as a writer of short TV screenplays and also as a playwright. Among his plays are: The Demon and the Bald Hassan, Adam and Eve, The Fisherman's Story, City of Oranges, Talisman and Silk. He began his professional film career in 1970 by writing and directing Hassan, the bald (1970). In the following years, he developed a personal style that was characterized by melodious dialogue, traditional Iranian ambiance created through architecture and set design. His last film, World Champion Takhti, remained unfinished because of his death in 1996 due to cancer.

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