Full Name Ali Hatami Role Film director Name Ali Hatami | Years active 1969–1996 Children Leila Hatami | |
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Born 19 August 1944 Tehran, Iran Died December 7, 1996, Tehran, Iran Spouse Zahra Khoshkam (m. 1971–1996) Grandchildren Mani Mosaffa, Asal Mosaffa Movies and TV shows Similar People Zahra Khoshkam, Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Behrouz Vossoughi, Ezzatolah Entezami | ||
Iranian television remember great film maker of iranian cinema ali hatami
Ali Hatami (Persian: علی حاتمی , August 14, 1944 – December 7, 1996) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, art director and costume designer. He graduated from the College of Dramatic Arts and began his professional career as a writer of short TV screenplays and also as a playwright.
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- Iranian television remember great film maker of iranian cinema ali hatami
- 1370 Delshodegan Iranian movie Ali Hatami
- Background
- Films
- Television series
- References
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Background
Graduated in cinema from Faculty of Dramatic Arts, his debut was Hasan Kachal (Hasan the Bald), the first Iranian musical film. Since then, he paid attention to unusual rhythmic dialogs and also the use of traditional settings and architecture in his films that became the characteristics of his works.
Although his works did not attract international attention, the Iranian audience praised him. His mind was occupied with making films on the basis of historical and folkloric figures. He was usually the art director of his own films. His last film remained incomplete because of his death due to cancer, on December 7, 1996 in Tehran. Hatami make important and lasting movies with national themes Hajji Washington (1982), Kamalolmolk (1984) and Love Stricken (1992). Hatami made three great historical TV series, all of them are considered as eternal works in the history of Iranian TV. Meanwhile, he established a small production village as the historical site in which he made Hezar Dastan (1978 to 1987). It has been since used as the shooting location for many films and TV series.
He was married to famous Iranian actress Zari Khoshkam. Their daughter Leila Hatami is a famous actress in Iran.