Auteur

Abbas Kiarostami

1940–2016 · Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer

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? (1987), Close-Up, and The Wind Will Carry Us were ranked among the 100 best foreign films in a 2018 critics' poll by BBC Culture. Close-Up was also ranked one of the 50 greatest movies of all time in the famous decennial Sight & Sound poll conducted in 2012. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of Iran, and of all time.

Abbas Kiarostami, in order

  1. 1970 The Bread and Alley: directed, wrote
  2. 1972 Breaktime: directed, wrote
  3. 1973 The Experience: directed, wrote
  4. 1974 The Traveller: directed, wrote
  5. 1975 So Can I: directed, wrote
  6. 1975 Two Solutions for One Problem: directed, wrote
  7. 1976 A Wedding Suit: directed, wrote
  8. 1976 Rang-ha (short film): directed, wrote
  9. 1977 How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting: directed, wrote
  10. 1977 Jahan Nama Palace (short film): directed
  11. 1977 The Report: directed, wrote
  12. 1977 Tribute to the Teachers: directed, wrote
  13. 1978 Solution: directed, wrote
  14. 1979 First Case, Second Case: directed, wrote
  15. 1980 Toothache: directed, wrote
  16. 1981 Orderly or Disorderly: directed, wrote
  17. 1982 The Chorus: directed, wrote
  18. 1983 Fellow Citizen: directed, wrote
  19. 1984 First Graders: directed, wrote
  20. 1985 Kelid: wrote · directed by Ebrahim Forouzesh
  21. 1987 Where is the Friend's Home?: directed, wrote
  22. 1989 Homework: directed, wrote
  23. 1990 Close-Up: directed, wrote, acted
  24. 1992 Life, and Nothing More...: directed, wrote
  25. 1993 Journey to the Land of the Traveller: wrote · directed by Bahman Kiarostami
  26. 1994 The White Balloon: wrote · directed by Jafar Panahi
  27. 1994 Through the Olive Trees: directed, wrote, produced
  28. 1995 Lumière and Company: directed · critics 100%, audiences 77%
  29. 1995 The Journey: wrote · directed by Alireza Raisian
  30. 1995 À propos de Nice, la suite: directed
  31. 1997 Birth of Light: directed, wrote
  32. 1997 Taste of Cherry: directed, wrote, produced
  33. 1999 The Wind Will Carry Us: directed, wrote, produced
  34. 2001 ABC Africa: directed, wrote, acted
  35. 2001 To Have or Not to Have: produced · directed by Niki Karimi
  36. 2002 Ten: directed, produced
  37. 2002 The Deserted Station: wrote · directed by Alireza Raisian
  38. 2003 Abbas Kiarostami: A Report: acted · directed by Bahman Maghsoudlou
  39. 2003 Crimson Gold: wrote · directed by Jafar Panahi
  40. 2003 Five: directed, wrote
  41. 2004 10 on Ten: directed, wrote
  42. 2005 Roads of Kiarostami: directed, wrote
  43. 2005 Tickets: directed, wrote
  44. 2006 Men at Work: wrote · directed by Mani Haghighi
  45. 2006 Persian Carpet: directed
  46. 2007 Is There a Place to Approach?: directed, wrote
  47. 2007 To Each His Own Cinema: directed · critics 100%, audiences 71%
  48. 2008 Shirin: directed, wrote
  49. 2010 Certified Copy: directed, wrote
  50. 2010 No (short film): directed
  51. 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  52. 2012 Like Someone in Love: directed, wrote, produced
  53. 2014 Meeting Leila: wrote · directed by Adel Yaraghi
  54. 2017 24 Frames: directed, wrote
  55. 2017 The Final Exam: wrote · directed by Adel Yaraghi
  56. 2021 Abbas Kiarostami: acted · directed by Mohammad Mohammadian