The Resume

(June 22, 1940-July 4, 2016)
Directed 'Bread and Alley' (1970), 'The Experience' (1973), 'The Traveller' (1974), 'A Wedding Suit' (1976), 'The Report' (1977), 'Where Is the Friend's Home?' (1987), 'Homework' (1989), 'Close-Up' (1990), 'Life and Nothing More' (1992), 'Through the Olive Trees' (1994), 'Taste of Cherry' (1997), 'The Wind Will Carry Us' (1999), 'Ten' (2002), 'Tickets' (2005) and 'Shirin' (2008)

Why he might be annoying:

He always wears sunglasses.
On the subject of film-making, he said: 'I don't like to engage in telling stories.'
His films, despite critical acclaim, get little play outside the festival circuit.
He frowns upon the use of music in films.
His films often are set inside or around cars.

Why he might not be annoying:

He spearheaded the Iranian new wave.
He started out as a graphic designer before breaking into films.
Martin Scorsese said: 'Kiarostami represents the highest level of artistry in the cinema.'
'Taste of Cherry' won the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
He is a published poet.
He said: 'We can never get close to the truth except through lying.'

Credit: The Unthinkable

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Members (Ranked: 1993)
• Celebrity Poets
• Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 2022 Filmmakers Poll (Ranked: 9)
• Documentarians
• Guardian Unlimited's World's 40 Best Directors (Ranked: 6)
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 76)
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Poets
• Profiles 26751-27000 (Ranked: 26970)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 239 Votes: 67.78% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 346 Votes: 36.99% Annoying