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Ali Abbasi(II)

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Ali Abbasi
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Ali Abbasi was born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran. He is a director and writer, known for Holy Spider (2022), Border (2018) and The Apprentice (2024).
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      • 20 wins & 38 nominations total

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    Known for

    Sara Fazilat in Holy Spider (2022)
    Holy Spider
    7.3
    • Director
    • 2022
    Eero Milonoff and Eva Melander in Border (2018)
    Border
    7.0
    • Director
    • 2018
    Jeremy Strong, Sebastian Stan, and Maria Bakalova in The Apprentice (2024)
    The Apprentice
    7.1
    • Director
    • 2024
    Shelley (2016)
    Shelley
    5.3
    • Director
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Director

    • Jeremy Strong, Sebastian Stan, and Maria Bakalova in The Apprentice (2024)
      The Apprentice
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us (2023)
      The Last of Us
      8.4
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Sara Fazilat in Holy Spider (2022)
      Holy Spider
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Eero Milonoff and Eva Melander in Border (2018)
      Border
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Shelley (2016)
      Shelley
      5.3
      • Director
      • 2016
    • M for Markus (2011)
      M for Markus
      4.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Mads Riisom in I mørket er lyset (2010)
      I mørket er lyset
      2.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Officer Relaxing After Duty (2008)
      Officer Relaxing After Duty
      3.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2008

    Writer

    • Sara Fazilat in Holy Spider (2022)
      Holy Spider
      7.3
      • written by
      • 2022
    • Eero Milonoff and Eva Melander in Border (2018)
      Border
      7.0
      • screenplay
      • 2018
    • Shelley (2016)
      Shelley
      5.3
      • written by
      • based on an original idea by
      • 2016
    • M for Markus (2011)
      M for Markus
      4.7
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Officer Relaxing After Duty (2008)
      Officer Relaxing After Duty
      3.5
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2008

    Producer

    • Jeremy Strong, Sebastian Stan, and Maria Bakalova in The Apprentice (2024)
      The Apprentice
      7.1
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Sara Fazilat in Holy Spider (2022)
      Holy Spider
      7.3
      • producer
      • 2022

    Videos1

    Shelley
    Trailer 1:45
    Shelley

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • 1981
      • Tehran, Iran
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    • Trivia
      Directed 2 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong.
    • Quotes
      [press conference for Holy Spider (2022) at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival] We didn't do the movie to highlight women's conditions in Iran. We didn't do the movie to do activist work, but it does take up that thing. Is it limited to Iranian society? I don't think so. Have we come a long way in Europe to get to a more equal place, to a less violent place, less violence against women, less misogyny? I think so. Is it enough? I don't think so.

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