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| Born | 11 October 1961 Nazareth, Israel |
| Occupation | Film director |
Hany Abu-Assad (Arabic: هاني أبو أسعد, born 11 October 1961) is a Palestinian film director. His film Paradise Now, about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.
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Early life
Abu-Assad was born in Nazareth, Israel in 1961 and emigrated to the Netherlands in 1980. After having studied technical engineering in Delft, he worked as an airplane engineer in the Netherlands for several years. Abu-Assad entered the world of cinema and television as a producer. He formed Ayloul Film Productions in 1990.
Film career
In 1998 he directed his first film, Het 14de kippetje (The Fourteenth Chick), from a script by writer Arnon Grunberg. Later films are the short Nazareth 2000 (2000) and Rana's Wedding (2002).
In 2006 his film Paradise Now won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign language film, and it received an Oscar-nomination in the same category. In 2005 Paradise Now won the Golden Calf for best Dutch film.
Abu-Assad is currently filming a movie entitled L.A. Cairo with DViant Films Inc.
Filmography
- Rana's Wedding (2002)
- Paradise Now (2005)
- L.A. Cairo (2007) (announced)
- Eleven Minutes[1]
References
Further reading
- Provan, Alexander (2006). "The Humanist in Hany Abu-Assad". SOMA Magazine (October 2006).
External links
- Hany Abu-Assad at the Internet Movie Database
- "It was a joke I was even nominated" The Guardian
- "I risked my life to make this movie" The Telegraph
- "Ticket to Paradise?" Christianity Today
- Hany Abu Assad's Profile
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