Ali Hatami
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 19, 1944
- Died
- December 7, 1996
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Teacher without Master 2016
Actor
Soutedel 2012
as himself (Archive Footage)
Once Upon a Time in Tehran 1999
Director, Writer
A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema 1998
as self
Punishment Committe 1997
Director, Writer
Love-Stricken 1992
Director, Writer, Producer
Mother 1990
Director, Writer
The Passage 1986
Actor
Jafar Khan is back from the West 1985
Director, Costume Design
Kamalolmolk 1984
Costume Design, Production Design, Director, Writer
Hajji Washington 1983
Writer, Director
Desiderium 1977
Writer, Director
Sattar Khan 1973
Production Design, Writer, Director
Ghalandar 1972
Director, Writer
The Suitor 1972
Director
Baba Shamal 1971
Director, Writer
The ring-necked dove 1970
Director, Writer
Hassan, the Bald 1970
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.