Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1981
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Credits
12 titles
Ali Abbasi
Biography
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
Filmography
The Apprentice
Director
The Last of Us
Director
Holy Spider
Writer
Home: A Soldier's Mind Is Always at War
Queen of Hearts
Thanks
Border
Director
Mein Maa Nahin Banna Chahti
Shelley
Director
M for Markus
Editor
I mørket er lyset
Writer
Officer Relaxing After Duty
Writer
Hamlet
Director