Log in
Ali Abbasi

Directing

Ali Abbasi

Born January 1, 1981 · Tehran, Iran (age 45)

Ali Abbasi (Persian: علی عباسی, born 1981) is an Iranian-Swedish-Danish filmmaker. He is known for his films "Shelley" (2016), "Border" (2018), "Holy Spider" (2022), and "The Apprentice" (2024). Abbasi also directed the last two episodes of the first season of the series "The Last of Us"". He has received various accolades, including an Un Certain Regard award, four Robert Awards, and a German Fil…

Known For

Queen of HeartsQueen of Hearts · 2019
Queen of Hearts
★ 6.92019
MovieDrama
Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.
The ApprenticeThe Apprentice · 2024
The Apprentice
★ 6.82024
MovieHistoryDrama
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
BorderBorder · 2018
Border
★ 6.72018
MovieFantasyDrama
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
Holy SpiderHoly Spider · 2022
Holy Spider
★ 7.32022
MovieThrillerDrama
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
ShelleyShelley · 2016
Shelley
★ 5.52016
MovieDramaHorror
Louise and Kasper want to become parents, but Louise cannot have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear her child, but things don't turn out quite as planned...
M for MarkusM for Markus · 2011
M for Markus
★ 5.42011
MovieCrimeDrama
A female police detective, TESS, discovers a mutilated body in a crime scene. Her search for the killer leads her to the young and innocent-looking MARKUS. Immediately attracted to Markus, her attraction to him leads her deep into a dreamy and grotesque world where her relationship to Markus is changed upside down - and inside out.
I mørket er lysetI mørket er lyset · 2010
I mørket er lyset
★ 7.02010
MovieDrama
Officer Relaxing After DutyOfficer Relaxing After Duty · 2008
Officer Relaxing After Duty
2008
MovieDrama
The first short by Ali Abbasi, a fiction shot during his studies at The National Film School of Denmark.

Filmography

Sort