Person
Ali Hatami
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Aug 19, 1944
- Died
- Dec 7, 1996
- From
- Tehran, Iran
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.
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The Teacher without Master
The Passage
Soutedel
A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema
Kamalolmolk
Mother
Hassan, the Bald
Desiderium
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Hajji Washington
Love-Stricken
The ring-necked dove
Sattar Khan
Jafar Khan is back from the West
Punishment Committe
Baba Shamal
The Suitor
Ghalandar