Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami (عباس کیارستمی in Persian) (born June 22, 1940 in Tehran) is one of the most influential and controversial post-revolutionary Iranian filmmakers and one of the most highly celebrated directors in the international film community of the last decade. During the period of the 1980s and the 1990s, at a time when Iranians had such a negative image in the West, his cinema introduced a humane and artistic face.

External links

• {{imdb name|id=0452102|name=Abbas Kiarostami}}
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• Biography of Abbas Kiarostami at Zeitgeist Films
• Interview with Abbas Kiarostami at The Iranian
• Abbas Kiarostami at Strictly Film School