Ali Hatami
- Directing
- August 19, 1944 · Tehran, Iran
- December 7, 1996
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
Filmography
- The Teacher without Master
- Soutedel · Self
- Once Upon a Time in Tehran · Director, Writer
- A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema · Self
- Punishment Committe · Director, Writer
- Love-Stricken · Director, Writer
- Mother · Director, Writer
- Hezar Dastan · Director, Editing
- The Passage
- Jafar Khan is back from the West · Director, Costume Design
- Kamalolmolk · Costume Design, Production Design
- Hajji Washington · Writer, Director
- Desiderium · Writer, Director
- Sattar Khan · Production Design, Writer
- Ghalandar · Director, Writer
- The Suitor · Director
- Baba Shamal · Director, Writer
- The ring-necked dove · Director, Writer
- Hassan, the Bald · Director, Writer