Ali Abbasi

Directing

Born 1981-01-01 Tehran, Iran 12 credits Danish Writers Guild Best Screenplay Award 1

Awards

Nominated for 2 European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Awards

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2 nominated

2022 Best Screenwriter Nominated Holy Spider
2018 Best Screenwriter Nominated Border

European Film Award for Best Director 2 nominated

2022 Best Director Nominated Holy Spider
2018 Best Director Nominated Border

European Film Award for Best Film 2 nominated

2022 Best Film Nominated Holy Spider
2018 Best Film Nominated Border

Danish Writers Guild Best Screenplay Award 1 won

2023 Danish Writers Guild Best Screenplay Award Won Holy Spider

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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".

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Filmography

Directing 9 credits