Ali Abbasi

Ali Abbasi is among the most exciting directors working today, and I say that without hesitation. Tehran-born and forged across Sweden and Denmark, he's a true border-crosser whose films refuse comfort. Border unsettles through eerie beauty, Holy Spider through suffocating tension, and The Apprentice through the nerve to dissect a young Donald Trump. Add Un Certain Regard, Robert Awards, and two episodes of The Last of Us, and the range is staggering. What wins me over is his refusal to look away from discomfort. Filmmakers who genuinely destabilize the viewer are rare, and I anticipate his every next move.

This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.

Name (English)

Ali Abbasi

Name (Japanese)

アリ・アバシ

Reading

あり・あばし

Born

1981

Origin

Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Occupation

film director / film editor / screenwriter / film screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Rooster

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Un certain regard Award
• 2023 Danish Writers Guild Best Screenplay Award
• 2023 Robert Award for Best Director
• 2023 Robert Award for Best Screenplay
• 2023 The Carl Theodor Dreyer Prize

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Abbasi%20(director)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%90%E3%82%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28842152

Tags

• Tehran Province
• film director
• film editor
• screenwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.