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Director
Ali Abbasi
- Born January 1, 1981 in Tehran, Iran
Ali Abbasi (Persian: علی عباسی, born 1981) is an Iranian-Swedish-Danish filmmaker. He is known for his films "Shelley" (2016), "Border" (2018), "Holy Spider" (2022), and "The Apprentice" (2024). Abbasi also directed the last two episodes of the first season of the series "The Last of Us"". He has received various accolades, including an Un Certain Regard award, four Robert Awards, and a German Film Award, nominations for seven European Film Awards, a Goya Award, and two Guldbagge Awards.
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Abbasi attended Tehran Polytechnic until 2002, when he emigrated to Sweden to study architecture at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After earning his bachelor of arts in 2007, he enrolled at the National Film School of Denmark, earning a degree in 2011 with the short film "M for Markus".
Known for
The Last of Us2023
The Apprentice2024
Border2018
Holy Spider2022
Queen of Hearts2019
Shelley2016
M for Markus2011
I mørket er lyset2010
Filmography
- TBAHamletFilmDirector
- 2024The ApprenticeFilmDirector, Producer
- 2023The Last of UsSeriesDirector
- 2022Holy SpiderFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 2022Home: A Soldier's Mind Is Always at WarFilm
- 2019Queen of HeartsFilmThanks
- 2018BorderFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2017Mein Maa Nahin Banna ChahtiSeries
- 2016ShelleyFilmDirector, Writer
- 2011M for MarkusFilmEditor, Director, Writer
- 2010I mørket er lysetFilmDirector, Writer
- 2008Officer Relaxing After DutyFilmWriter, Director