8.4
TV
Directing
Ali Abbasi
- Born
- (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Tehran, Iran
- Credits
- 12 titles
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".
Signature work
Known For
Acting credits 2
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Home: A Soldier's Mind Is Always at War Film | |
| 2017 | Mein Maa Nahin Banna Chahti TV | (2 ep) |
Crew credits 10
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Hamlet Film | Director |
| 2024 | The Apprentice Film | Director, Producer |
| 2023 | The Last of Us TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2022 | Holy Spider Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2019 | Queen of Hearts Film | Thanks |
| 2018 | Border Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 2016 | Shelley Film | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | M for Markus Film | Editor, Director, Writer |
| 2010 | I mørket er lyset Film | Director, Writer |
| 2008 | Officer Relaxing After Duty Film | Writer, Director |