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Ali Karim
Ali Karim (Persian: علی کریم, born 10 October 1977) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. 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 Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran, Iran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the List of largest cities of Iran, most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical antiquity, Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Ray, Iran, Rhages, a prominent Medes, Median city destroyed in the medieval Muslim conquest of Persia, Arab, Oghuz Turks, Turkic, and Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia, Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
