Ali Hatami

Directing Aug 19, 1944 Dec 7, 1996 (aged 52) 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.

4 Acting Credits

15 Crew Credits

Ali Hatami

Acting

The Teacher without Master

The Passage‏

Soutedel

A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema

Crew

Mother

Desiderium

Hajji Washington

Kamalolmolk

The ring-necked dove

Hezar Dastan

Hassan, the Bald

Jafar Khan is back from the West

Love-Stricken

Baba Shamal

The Suitor

Sattar Khan