Ali Abbasi
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1981 (age 45) · 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. 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
Behind the camera8
- 2024The Apprentice Director, Producer
- 2022Holy Spider Director, Writer, Producer
- 2018Border Director, Screenplay
- 2016Shelley Director, Writer
- 2011M for Markus Editor, Director, Writer
- 2010I mørket er lyset Director, Writer
- 2008Officer Relaxing After Duty Director, Writer
- TBAHamlet Director