Ali Abbasi

45, from Tehran, Iran

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Biography

Ali Abbasi (Persian: علی عباسی, born 1981, Tehran) is an Iranian-Danish filmmaker. He attended Tehran Polytechnic until 2002, when he emigrated to Europe to study architecture at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. After earning his Bachelor of Arts in 2007, he enrolled at the National Film School of Denmark, earning his degree in 2011 with the short film M for Markus. He lives in Copenhagen but continues to hold an Iranian passport.

Timeline

2024Aged 43

  • Poster for The Apprentice

    Producer

2022Aged 41

  • Poster for Home: A Soldier's Mind Is Always at War

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Holy Spider

    Producer

2019Aged 38

  • Poster for Queen of Hearts

    Thanks

2018Aged 37

  • Poster for Border

    Screenplay

2016Aged 35

  • Poster for Shelley

    Writer

2011Aged 30

  • Poster for M for Markus

    Editor

2010Aged 29

  • Poster for I mørket er lyset

    Writer

2008Aged 27

  • Poster for Officer Relaxing After Duty

    Writer

Year unknown

  • Poster for Hamlet

    Director

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