Ali Karim

{{short description|Iranian film director and screenwriter (born 1977)}}

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{{Infobox person

| native_name = علی کریم

| name = Ali Karim

| image =علی کریم مهرماه 1398.jpg

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1977|10|10}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| occupation = Director, screenwriter, producer

| years_active = 1999–present

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Ali Karim (Persian: علی کریم, born 10 October 1977) is an Iranian film director, producer, actor, scriptwriter and screenwriter.{{cite web|url=http://archiv.febiofest.cz/17_archive/en/movie/the-pothole?id=2009186|title=International Film Festival Prague – Febiofest – The Pothole|first=Graffitti|last=networks|website=archiv.febiofest.cz|access-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327214201/http://archiv.febiofest.cz/17_archive/en/movie/the-pothole?id=2009186|archive-date=27 March 2012|url-status=dead}}[http://www.sicvenezia.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=77&lang=en 26. Settimana Internazionale della Critica] Palazzo del Cinema Lungomare Marconi .{{cite web|url=http://www.pastdeadline.com/hr/film-reviews/pothole-film-review-1004015887.story|title=Pothole - Film Review|work=Hollywood Reporter|first=Young|last=Deborah|access-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929090008/http://www.pastdeadline.com/hr/film-reviews/pothole-film-review-1004015887.story|archive-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cinecriticaweb.it/sic-film/chaleh-la-buca-film-di-chiusura-%E2%80%93-fuori-concorso|title=Chaleh (La buca) – Film di chiusura – Fuori Concorso – CineCriticaWeb|date=10 January 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941111?refcatid=31&printerfriendly=true|title=variety By Jay Weissberg|date=17 September 2009}} He was born in Tehran, Iran on 10 October 1977.

He was a theatre actor before appearing in films, such as Killing Mad Dogs (2001) by Bahram Bayzai.{{Cite web |title=IMDb Seen: Ali Karim |url=http://www.imdb.com/seen/nm3588473/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=IMDb}} 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 Film Festival the very same year.

File: ali karim_ucla2.jpg in 2014.]]