Ali Hatami

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Mother (1990) — Director
2. Desiderium (1977) — Director
3. Hajji Washington (1983) — Director
4. The ring-necked dove (1970) — Director
5. Kamalolmolk (1984) — Director
6. Hezar Dastan (1988) — Director
7. Hassan, the Bald (1970) — Director
8. Jafar Khan is back from the West (1985) — Director
9. Love-Stricken (1992) — Director
10. Baba Shamal (1971) — Director
11. The Suitor (1972) — Director
12. Sattar Khan (1972) — Director
13. Punishment Committe (1997) — Director
14. Ghalandar (1972) — Director
15. Once Upon a Time in Tehran (1999) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Teacher without Master (2016)
2. The Passage‏ (1986)
3. Soutedel (2012) — himself (Archive Footage)
4. A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema (1998) — self