Ali Hatami

Known for DirectingBorn 1944-08-19Died 1996-12-07Tehran, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Mother

Sattar Khan

Kamalolmolk

Love-Stricken

Hezar Dastan

Desiderium

Punishment Committe

Ghalandar

The Suitor

Hassan, the Bald

Hajji Washington

Jafar Khan is back from the West

Baba Shamal

The ring-necked dove

The Teacher without Master

Soutedel

Once Upon a Time in Tehran

A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema

The Passage‏