Abbas kiarostami y juliette binoche biography

Considered by many to be one of the finest filmmakers the world has ever seen, Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami‘s works have inspired multiple generations of young students and aspiring directors.

Through his poetic masterpieces, Kiarostami conducted striking existential examinations of life that transcended the limitations of the cinematic medium.

Born in Tehran in 1940, Kiarostami showed artistic inclinations from a relatively early age.

He won a painting competition when he was 18, and eventually studied painting at the University of Tehran School of Fine Arts. Kiarostami started his career by working in the world of advertisement, designing posters and shooting innumerable commercials.

In 1970, as the Iranian New Wave was gathering momentum, he worked with Ebrahim Forouzesh in order to establish a film division at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.

With the help of the institute, Kiarostami successfully produced his first ci