Abbas Kiarostami

Date of Birth: June 22, 1940
Place of Birth: Teheran, Iran

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Abbas Kiarostami mini-bio: Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30. Since then he has made many movies and has become one of the most important figures in contemporary Iranian film. He is also a major figure in the arts world, and has had numerous gallery exhibitions of his photography, short films and poetry. He is an iconic figure for what he has done, and he has achieved it all by believing in the arts and the creativity of his mind.

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NoBody1977

A realy MASTER cinema :)

posted 341 days ago
Epicouros

really it was funny the way i met him . it was for the festival of Thessaloniki Greece , they had book two rooms for him in different hotels , he stayed in the one of course , i went in Thessaloniki too late to find a hotel room , and a friend who was responsible for hosting the foreign guests ,gave me the second room ....lololol
so randomly met each other , said him the story , so we began to talk ..a nice man , deeply educated , he show all the films and had a nice speech . i met him 2-3 times in Thessaloniki , the first was in 1997 , i think .

posted 480 days ago
aLiReZaSaFaVi

Kiarostami was one of the few directors who remained in Iran after the 1979 revolution, when many of his fellow Iranian filmmakers and directors fled to the west, and he believes that it was one of the most important decisions of his career. He has stated that his permanent base in Iran and his national identity have consolidated his ability as a filmmaker:

"When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree." -Abbas Kiarostami

posted 559 days ago