- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 19, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Tehran, Iran
- Died
- December 7, 1996
Ali Hatami
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.
Filmography
movieThe Teacher without Master
2016
movieSoutedel
2012 · himself (Archive Footage)
movieOnce Upon a Time in Tehran
1999 · Director, Writer
movieA Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema
1998 · self
moviePunishment Committe
1997 · Director, Writer
movieLove-Stricken
1992 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieMother
1990 · Director, Writer
tvHezar Dastan
1988 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Creator
movieThe Passage
1986
movieJafar Khan is back from the West
1985 · Director, Costume Design
movieKamalolmolk
1984 · Costume Design, Production Design, Director, Writer
movieHajji Washington
1983 · Writer, Director
movieDesiderium
1977 · Writer, Director
movieSattar Khan
1972 · Production Design, Writer, Director
movieGhalandar
1972 · Director, Writer
movieThe Suitor
1972 · Director
movieBaba Shamal
1971 · Director, Writer
movieThe ring-necked dove
1970 · Director, Writer
movieHassan, the Bald
1970 · Director, Writer