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Kiarostami in 2012, photo by Denis Makarenko /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: عباس کیارستمی
Date of Birth: 22 June, 1940
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Date of Death: 4 July, 2016
Place of Death: Paris, France
Ethnicity: Iranian
Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer.
His son, Bahman Kiarostami, is also a director, cinematographer, editor, and producer.