Person in history
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (born 1940)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2016 · July 4
Their story
Who they were
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. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the Koker trilogy (1987–1994), Close-Up (1990), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), and Taste of Cherry (1997), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. In later works,
Why this date
Abbas Kiarostami appears on our July 4 calendar for 2016 as a death entry.
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July 4 2016.
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