Ali Karim

Ali Karim
علی کریم
Born	(1977-10-10) 10 October 1977 (age 44) Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1999–present

Ali Karim (Persian: علی کریم, born 10 October 1977) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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 () and / 2001 (). 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 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, in 2009. The film closed the Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival the very same year.

Ali karim in Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Film & Television Archive Hammer Museum in 2014.

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