FILM DIRECTOR

Ali Abbasi

1981 - Today

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Ali Abbasi (Persian: علی عباسی, born 1981) is an Iranian-Danish filmmaker. He is known for his films Shelley (2016), Border (2018), Holy Spider (2022), and The Apprentice (2024). Abbasi also directed the last two episodes of the first season of the series The Last of Us. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Abbasi has received more than 36,489 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Abbasi is the 1,759th most popular film director, the 472nd most popular biography from Iran and the 15th most popular Iranian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ali Abbasi ranks 1,759 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Kelly, Amy Heckerling, Michael Glawogger, Farah Khan, Chris Sanders, and Scott Frank. After him are Greg Mottola, Władysław Pasikowski, Oskar Roehler, Ovidie, Lee Cheol-ha, and Colin Trevorrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Ali Abbasi ranks 377. Before him are David Lafata, Germán Denis, Mikael Forssell, Vitalii Kim, Synyster Gates, and Shizuka Arakawa. After him are Allison Tolman, Murilo Endres, Julia Dietze, Humberto Suazo, Kwak Tae-hwi, and Kirsten Price.

Others Born in 1981

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali Abbasi ranks 472 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), Ashkan Dejagah (1986), Azam Ali (1970), Azad (1973), Mostafa Zamani (1982), and Marina Nemat (1965). After him are Mohsen Namjoo (1976), Niki Karimi (1971), Fatemeh Rahbar (1964), Rosie Malek-Yonan (1965), Mohammad Reza Golzar (1977), and Saeed Jalili (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Ali Abbasi ranks 15. Before him are Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Rakhshān Banietemad (1954), and Mohammad Rasoulof (1972). After him are Samira Makhmalbaf (1980), and Hossein Rajabian (1984).

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Filmography

The Last of Us
Director
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.
8.6 / 10
Border
Director
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
Sep 27o 20186.687 / 10
Holy Spider
Director
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Jul 13o 20227.307 / 10