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FILM DIRECTOR

Abbas Kiarostami

1940 - 2016

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Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی [ʔæbˌbɒːs kijɒːɾostæˈmi] ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of over forty films, including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the Koker trilogy (1987–1994), Close-Up (1990), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), and Taste of Cherry (1997), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbas Kiarostami has received more than 1,688,001 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Abbas Kiarostami is the 48th most popular film director (up from 65th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Iran (up from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Film Director.

Abbas Kiarostami is most famous for his films, which are typically slow-paced and contemplative. He often uses long takes, minimal dialogue, and a static camera to create a sense of realism.

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  • 68.36

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  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 48 out of 1,581. Before him are Michael Haneke, James Cameron, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Tim Burton, Lars von Trier, and Éric Rohmer. After him are Jacques Tati, Emir Kusturica, Takeshi Kitano, William Wyler, Brian De Palma, and Sydney Pollack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 27. Before him are Martin Sheen, Julie Christie, Gao Xingjian, Pina Bausch, Zodiac Killer, and Giorgio Moroder. After him are Brian De Palma, J. M. G. Le Clézio, Patrick Stewart, Michel Temer, John Hurt, and Kip Thorne. Among people deceased in 2016, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 20. Before him are Dario Fo, Cesare Maldini, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Islam Karimov, Andrzej Wajda, and George Michael. After him are Carlos Alberto Torres, Jerome Bruner, João Havelange, Alvin Toffler, Elie Wiesel, and Prince.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 53 out of 528. Before him are Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956). After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), Báb (1819), Cyaxares (-700), Ghazan (1271), Cyrus I (-690), and Jami (1414).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Abbas Kiarostami ranks 1. After him are Barbet Schroeder (1941), Jafar Panahi (1960), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), Majid Majidi (1959), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Samira Makhmalbaf (1980).

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Filmography

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