Directing
Dec 31, 1980
Tehran, Iran
Ali Abbasi
Directing
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".
Feature Films (1)
A soldier battling PTSD after the loss of his close friends is forced to face home intruders.
Home: A Soldier's Mind Is Always at War
Television & Series (2)
A Pakistani family drama serial based on a story of a girl who doesn't want to be a mother.
