FILM DIRECTOR

Ali Hatami

1944 - 1996

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Ali Hatami (Persian: علی حاتمی, August 14, 1944 – December 7, 1996) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, art director, and costume designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Hatami has received more than 137,873 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Hatami is the 1,114th most popular film director, the 391st most popular biography from Iran and the 10th most popular Iranian Film Director.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ali Hatami ranks 1,114 out of 2,041. Before him are Willis H. O'Brien, Agustí Villaronga, Monte Hellman, Edgar Wright, Caleb Deschanel, and Vladimir Naumov. After him are Şerif Gören, Armand Gatti, Brian Yuzna, John Grierson, Fred Schepisi, and Andrew Stanton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ali Hatami ranks 504. Before him are Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, Jean-Louis Debré, Jaan Talts, Kevin Tighe, Miklós Páncsics, and Caleb Deschanel. After him are Florin Gheorghiu, Şerif Gören, Edith McGuire, Chris Roberts, Kjartan Fløgstad, and John Njue. Among people deceased in 1996, Ali Hatami ranks 248. Before him are Pavel Solovyov, Václav Hovorka, Viktor Konovalenko, Kusuo Kitamura, Petre Steinbach, and Duane Hanson. After him are Vyacheslav Lemeshev, Rafaela Aparicio, Walter M. Miller Jr., David Tudor, Joonas Kokkonen, and Henri Lepage.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali Hatami ranks 391 out of 631. Before him are Ali Javan (1926), Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (1940), Andranik Eskandarian (1951), Mehdi Taremi (1992), Ali Parvin (1946), and Navid Negahban (1968). After him are Nasser Hejazi (1949), Dariush Shayegan (1935), Ahmad Vahidi (1958), Zahra Rahnavard (1945), Shahram Nazeri (1950), and Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Ali Hatami ranks 10. Before him are Barbet Schroeder (1941), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), Majid Majidi (1959), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), and Masoud Kimiai (1941). After him are Hossein Shahabi (1967), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Rakhshān Banietemad (1954), Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), Ali Abbasi (1981), and Samira Makhmalbaf (1980).

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Filmography

Mother
Director
The film progresses along two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. the second line focuses on the old woman's preparations for her last journey and her joyous cooperation in arranging for the ceremonies that are to be observed after her death.
Dec 31st 19907.6 / 10
Hajji Washington
Director
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) ambassador to the United States of America. After he opens the embassy, he is unable to invite statesmen to visit him. Haji fires the embassy staff due to the inability of the Persian government to meet the embassy's needs. One night he is visited by President Grover Cleveland.
Feb 1st 19835.4 / 10
Desiderium
Director
Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas, a prostitute hired by his eldest brother Habib to entertain him, not knowing the truth about her profession. Karim, the middle brother is so infatuated with a quail that he almost completely ignores his wife and her emotions. Habib himself is in love with Foroogh, a tailor lady who lives with them, while his sense of responsibility about Majid keeps him from requiting her affections.
Nov 24th 19776.3 / 10