Abbas Kiarostami
Film director · 7 films (1990–2012)
Abbas Kiarostami is a director whose work here spans Close-Up (1990) to Like Someone In Love (2012), across drama and romance. 2 of those films were photographed by Homayun Payvar. The work runs naturally lit — 85% of frames across the 7 films indexed here, against 43% library-wide. All 245 frames from 7 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of over forty films, including shorts and documentaries.
Born 22 June 1940 · Tehran, Iran · died 4 July 2016
Directing style
Kiarostami’s visual style relies on an eye-level camera perspective to capture realistic human drama, favoring medium and wide shots over closeups to maintain a respectful distance from his subjects. He shoots primarily in daylight exteriors, illuminating scenes with natural sunlight or soft window light that falls across a muted, earthy color palette of dusty ochres, olive drabs, and slate blues. The compositions alternate almost evenly between deep focus to integrate characters into their environments and shallow depth of field to gently isolate them in moments of quiet loneliness.
Awards
- Palme d'Or
- honorary doctor of Ca' Foscari University of Venice · 2003
- Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art · 2014
- Annual award ACFK · 2012
- honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University · 2010
- honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II · 2007
- Praemium Imperiale · 2004
- honorary doctorate from ENS · 2003
- Konrad Wolf Prize · 2003
Films directed by Abbas Kiarostami
About Abbas Kiarostami
When was Abbas Kiarostami born?
Abbas Kiarostami was born on 22 June 1940 in Tehran, Iran and died on 4 July 2016.
What films has Abbas Kiarostami directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 7 of them: Close-Up (1990), Life, and Nothing More (1992), Through The Olive Trees (1994), Taste of Cherry (1997), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), Certified Copy (2010) and Like Someone In Love (2012).
What awards has Abbas Kiarostami won?
Palme d'Or, honorary doctor of Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2003), Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Search every frame of Abbas Kiarostami’s films
All 245 indexed frames from 7 films directed by Abbas Kiarostami — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.