Ali Hatami was an Iran

Iran

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ian film director

Film director

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, screenwriter

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, art Director

Art director

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 and costume designer

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Background

Graduated in cinema from Faculty of Dramatic Arts, his debut was Hasan Kachal (Hasan the Bald - 1969), 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 by cancer, on December 7, 1996 in Tehran.

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

Hezar Dastan

Hezar-Dastan 1978-1987 is a highly popular TV series in Iran directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered an eternal work in the history of Iranian TV...

. It has been since used as the shooting location for many films and TV series, including Agency (1997), The Red Ribbon (1998), The Dead Wave (2000), The Low Heights (2001) and many others.

He was married to famous Iranian actress Zahra Hatami. Their daughter Leila Hatami

Leila Hatami

Leila Hatami is an award-winning Iranian actress. She is the daughter of director Ali Hatami and actress Zari Khoshkam, and is married to actor Ali Mosaffa.- Biography :...

 is a famous actress in Iran.

Films

• Hasan Kachal (1970)
• Toughi (1971)
• Khastegar (1971)
• Baba Shamal (1971)
• Sattar Khan (1972)
• Ghalandar (1972)
• Sooteh-Delan (1978)
• Hajji Washington
  Hajji Washington
  Hajji Washington is an Iranian comedy/drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The film recounts the story of Iran's first ambassador Haji Washington to the United States.The movie finished production in 1982, but was not publicly screened in Iran until 1998...
  
  (1982)
• Kamalolmolk (1984)
• Jafar khan az farang bargashteh (1984)
• Madar (1991)
• Del Shodegan (1992)
• Komiteh mojazat (1997)
• and shorts film(...)

External links

• Photograph of Ali Hatami: http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/5148/2405444720061594669S600x600Q85.jpg
• Photograph of Ali Hatami's grave: http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/43014/2064385160061594669S600x600Q85.jpg

www.alihatami.com