Director
Ali Hatami
82 years · Tehran, Iran · 18 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 18
The Teacher without Master
2016 · Actor
Soutedel
2012 · himself (Archive Footage)
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
1999 · Director, Writer
A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema
1998 · self
Punishment Committe
1997 · Director, Writer
Love-Stricken
1992 · Director, Writer
Mother
1990 · Director, Writer
The Passage
1986 · Actor
Jafar Khan is back from the West
1985 · Director
Kamalolmolk
1984 · Director, Writer
Hajji Washington
1983 · Writer, Director
Desiderium
1977 · Writer, Director
Sattar Khan
1973 · Writer, Director
Ghalandar
1972 · Director, Writer
The Suitor
1972 · Director
Baba Shamal
1971 · Director, Writer
The ring-necked dove
1970 · Director, Writer
Hassan, the Bald
1970 · Director, Writer