Person
Ali Hatami
Directing · 1944–1996 · Tehran, Iran
Biography
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.
Known for
Hezar Dastan
Director
Hajji Washington
Writer
The Teacher without Master
2016
Sattar Khan
Production Design
Mother
Director
Kamalolmolk
Costume Design
Ghalandar
Director
Punishment Committe
Director
Desiderium
Writer
The Suitor
Director
Filmography
- 2016The Teacher without Master
- 2012Soutedelhimself (Archive Footage)
- 1999Once Upon a Time in TehranDirector
- 1998A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinemaself
- 1997Punishment CommitteDirector
- 1992Love-StrickenDirector
- 1990MotherDirector
- 1988Hezar DastanDirector
- 1986The Passage
- 1985Jafar Khan is back from the WestDirector
- 1984KamalolmolkCostume Design
- 1983Hajji WashingtonWriter
- 1977DesideriumWriter
- 1972Sattar KhanProduction Design
- 1972GhalandarDirector
- 1972The SuitorDirector
- 1971Baba ShamalDirector
- 1970The ring-necked doveDirector
- 1970Hassan, the BaldDirector
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