Highest rated as cast or director
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 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 Home? (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. Kiarostami had worked extensively as a screenwriter, film editor, art director, and producer and had designed credit titles and publicity material. He was also a poet, photographer, painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. He was part of a generation of filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave, a Persian cinema movement that started in the late 1960s and emphasized the use of poetic dialogue and allegorical storytelling dealing with political and philosophical issues. Kiarostami had a reputation for using child protagonists, for documentary-style narrative films, for stories that take place in rural villages, and for conversations that unfold inside cars, using stationary mounted cameras. He is also known for his use of Persian poetry in the dialogue, titles, and themes of his films. Kiarostami's films contain a notable degree of ambiguity, an unusual mixture of simplicity and complexity, and often a mix of fictional and documentary elements. The concepts of change and continuity, in addition to the themes of life and death, play a major role in Kiarostami's works. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abbas Kiarostami, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed 48
2010s
- 2019
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
Director
- 2018
- 2016
Take Me Home
Director
Passenger
Director
- 2013
- 2012
Like Someone in Love
Director
- 2010
No
Director
2000s
- 2009
Shirin
Director
- 2008
Seagull Eggs
Director
- 2007
Persian Carpet
Director
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Director
- 2006
Roads of Kiarostami
Director
- 2005
Around Five
Director
- 2004
10 on Ten
Director
- 2003
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Director
- 2002
Ten
Director
- 2001
ABC Africa
Director
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
The Birth of Light
Director
- 1995
Lumière & Company
Director
Concerning Nice
Director
- 1994
- 1992
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Homework
Director
- 1987
- 1984
First Graders
Director
- 1983
Fellow Citizen
Director
- 1982
The Chorus
Director
- 1981
Orderly or Disorderly?
Director
- 1980
Toothache
Director
1970s
- 1979
First Case, Second Case
Director
- 1978
Solution No. 1
Director
- 1977
The Report
Director
Jahan-Nama Palace
Director
Tribute to the Teachers
Director
- 1976
Colors
Director
A Wedding Suit
Director
- 1975
So Can I
Director
- 1974
The Traveler
Director
- 1973
Experience
Director
- 1972
Breaktime
Director
- 1970
The Bread and Alley
Director
Wrote 45
2010s
- 2019
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
Screenplay
- 2017
Final Exam
Screenplay
- 2016
Passenger
Writer, Screenplay
- 2013
The Girl in the Lemon Factory
Co-Writer
- 2012
Like Someone in Love
Screenplay
Meeting Leila
Writer
- 2010
2000s
- 2007
Persian Carpet
Screenplay
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Writer
- 2006
Roads of Kiarostami
Writer
Men at Work
Screenplay
- 2005
- 2004
10 on Ten
Writer
- 2003
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Screenplay
Crimson Gold
Screenplay
Willow and Wind
Screenplay
- 2002
Deserted Station
Writer
- 2001
ABC Africa
Writer
- 2000
The Key
Screenplay
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
- 1996
Safar
Writer
- 1995
Concerning Nice
Writer
The White Balloon
Writer
- 1994
- 1992
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Homework
Writer
- 1987
- 1984
First Graders
Writer
- 1983
Fellow Citizen
Writer
- 1982
The Chorus
Writer
- 1981
Orderly or Disorderly?
Writer
- 1980
Toothache
Screenplay
1970s
- 1979
First Case, Second Case
Writer
- 1978
Solution No. 1
Writer
- 1977
The Report
Screenplay
Tribute to the Teachers
Writer
- 1976
Colors
Writer
A Wedding Suit
Screenplay
- 1975
So Can I
Screenplay
- 1974
The Traveler
Writer
- 1973
Experience
Screenplay
- 1972
Breaktime
Writer
Edited 30
2010s
- 2019
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
Editor
- 2013
The Girl in the Lemon Factory
Editor
2000s
- 2009
Shirin
Editor
- 2007
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Editor
- 2006
Roads of Kiarostami
Editor
- 2004
10 on Ten
Editor
- 2003
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Editor
- 2002
Ten
Editor
- 2001
ABC Africa
Editor
- 2000
The Key
Editor
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
- 1994
- 1992
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Homework
Editor
- 1987
- 1984
First Graders
Editor
- 1983
Fellow Citizen
Editor
- 1982
The Chorus
Editor
- 1981
Orderly or Disorderly?
Editor
- 1980
Toothache
Editor
1970s
- 1979
First Case, Second Case
Editor
- 1978
Solution No. 1
Editor
- 1977
Tribute to the Teachers
Editor
- 1976
Colors
Editor
A Wedding Suit
Editor
- 1975
So Can I
Editor
- 1973
Experience
Editor
Produced 14
2010s
- 2016
Cabeza de gallo
Supervising Producer
2000s
- 2009
Shirin
Producer
- 2004
10 on Ten
Producer
- 2001
ABC Africa
Producer
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
- 1994
1970s
- 1977
Tribute to the Teachers
Producer
- 1976
Colors
Producer
A Wedding Suit
Producer
- 1975
So Can I
Producer
- 1974
The Traveler
Producer
- 1973
Experience
Producer
- 1970
The Bread and Alley
Producer
Acted in 11
2020s
- 2025
Bukhara Chronicles
voice
- 2020
The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran
Movie
2010s
- 2017
You are not alone
Movie
- 2014
The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña
Movie
2000s
- 2005
TropiAbbas
Abbas Kiarostami
- 2004
Journey to the Land of the Traveler
Movie
- 2000
Kiarostami in Close up
as Self
1990s
- 1997
- 1994
- 1990
No release date
Taste Of Shirin : Making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'
Abbas Kiarostami
Other crew 4
2010s
- 2016
Take Me Home
Cinematography
2000s
- 2007
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
Cinematography
- 2004
10 on Ten
Cinematography
- 2002
Farda
Creative Consultant
Camera 4
2000s
- 2007
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Director of Photography
- 2006
Roads of Kiarostami
Director of Photography
- 2003
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Director of Photography
- 2002
Ten
Director of Photography
Art department 3
2000s
- 2004
Friday's Soldiers
Title Designer
1990s
- 1994
1960s
- 1969
Qeysar
Title Designer
Sound 2
2000s
- 2004
10 on Ten
Sound Director
- 2003
Five Dedicated to Ozu
Sound
Appearances32
2020s
- 2026
On the Road with Abbas Kiarostami
Self
- 2021
Leech
Self (voice)
2010s
- 2019
Print
Self
- 2016
76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
Self
- 2014
Vida
Self
- 2013
What Is Cinema?
Self
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
Self
- 2012
Making of 'Like Someone in Love'
Narrator
- 2011
Kurosawa's Way
Self
- 2010
In Praise of the Seventy Years Old
Self
Let's See Copia Conforme
Self
2000s
- 2008
Taste of Shirin
Self
- 2007
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
Self
- 2006
Roads of Kiarostami
Self
- 2005
10 Days with Kiarostami
Self
On the Road with Kiarostami
Self
Around Five
Self
A Good Time for Tragedy
Self
- 2004
10 on Ten
Self
- 2003
A Walk with Kiarostami
Self
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Self
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
Self
- 2002
Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma
Self
- 2001
ABC Africa
Self
1990s
- 1999
A Week With Kiarostami
Self
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty
Self
- 1997
Project
Self
- 1996
Close-Up Long Shot
Self (archive footage)
- 1994
Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'
Self
Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams
Self
1980s
- 1989
Homework
Self (uncredited)
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2026
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Thanks