Abbas Kiarostami

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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...

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Taste of CherryMovie • 1997Where Is The Friend's House?Movie • 1987The Wind Will Carry UsMovie • 1999Certified CopyMovie • 2010Like Someone in LoveMovie • 2012Close-UpMovie • 1990Through the Olive TreesMovie • 1994TicketsMovie • 2005Life, and Nothing More…Movie • 1992To Each His Own CinemaMovie • 2007Venice 70: Future ReloadedMovie • 201324 FramesMovie • 2018Crimson GoldMovie • 2003ShirinMovie • 2009The TravelerMovie • 1974Lumière & CompanyMovie • 1995HomeworkMovie • 1989The White BalloonMovie • 1995ABC AfricaMovie • 2001TenMovie • 2002The ChorusMovie • 1982The Bread and AlleyMovie • 1970Orderly or Disorderly?Movie • 1981BreaktimeMovie • 1972