Ali Karim

Ali Karim (Persian: علی کریم, born 10 October 1977) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter.[1][2][3][4][5]

Ali Karim
علی کریم
Born (1977-10-10) 10 October 1977
Tehran, Iran
OccupationDirector, screenwriter, producer
Years active1999–present

He was born in Tehran, Iran. Producer, actor, scriptwriter and director Ali Karim was born in Tehran on 10 October 1977. He was a theatre actor before appearing in films, notably in features such as Killing Mad Dogs /2001 (Bahram Beyzaï) and The Passenger Of Rey / 2001 (Davoud Mirbagheri). He then served as assistant director on various films, working especially with Dariush Mehrjui on Mum's Guest (Mehman-e Maman).

In 2008, he took part in Abbas Kiarostami's directors’ workshop during which time he made his first short, Yellow, Blue, Red. He then worked as Kiarostami's assistant on Shirin before completing a second short, "The Lift". His two shorts have been successful in numerous international film festivals. On the back of his success Ali Karim finally directed his first feature, Pothole in 2009. The film closed the Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival the very same year.

Ali karim in Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Film & Television Archive Hammer Museum in 2014.

Filmography
YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector and WriterProducer
2007Yellow, Blue, Redزرد،آبی،قرمز Ali KarimAli Karim
2008The Elevatorآسانسور Ali KarimMajid Motalebi
2009Potholeچاله Ali KarimMajid Motalebi
2013I Hate The Dawnمن عاشق سپیده صبحم Ali KarimAli Karim

Footnotes
  1. networks, Graffitti. "International Film Festival Prague – Febiofest – The Pothole". archiv.febiofest.cz. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. 26. Settimana Internazionale della Critica Palazzo del Cinema Lungomare Marconi .
  3. "Film Review Hoollywood Reporter". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  4. "Chaleh (La buca) – Film di chiusura – Fuori Concorso – CineCriticaWeb". 10 January 2010.
  5. "variety By Jay Weissberg".


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