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Filmmaker
Ali Abbasi
Famoose for
Directing Border, Holy Spider and The Apprentice.
Border · Holy Spider
- Born
- 1981
- Birthplace
- Tehran
More people
Ali Abbasi
Ali Abbasi is an Iranian-born filmmaker whose work ranges from supernatural drama to political biography.
Early life
Education
Studied architecture in Stockholm after leaving Iran in 2002, then trained at the National Film School of Denmark.
Career
- 2011
Film-school graduation
Completed M for Markus.
- 2016
Feature debut
Released Shelley.
- 2018
Cannes recognition
Border won the Un Certain Regard award.
- 2024
The Apprentice
Premiered the film at Cannes.
Selected work
Border
A fantasy drama about identity and belonging.
Holy Spider
A crime drama centred on a journalist investigating killings.
The Apprentice
A film about Donald Trump’s early business years.
Beyond work
Home
Established his filmmaking base in Copenhagen.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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Photo: Jay Dixit. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.