Occupation Film director Name Hany Abu-Assad | Role Film director | |
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Born 11 October 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-10-11 ) Nazareth, Israel Nominations Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Awards Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard Movies Omar, Paradise Now, The Courier, Rana's Wedding, Do Not Forget Me Istanbul Similar People Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Waleed Zuaiter, Ali Suliman, Kais Nashif | ||
Live from cannes omar director hany abu assad
Hany Abu-Assad (Arabic: هاني أبو أسعد, born 11 October 1961) is a Dutch/Palestinian film director. He has received two Academy Award nominations: in 2006 for his film Paradise Now, and again in 2013, at the 86th Awards, for his film Omar.
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- Early life
- Film career
- Filmography
- Documentaries
- References
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Early life
Abu-Assad was born to Native Palestinian family, in the city of Nazareth in 1961. He emigrated to the Netherlands in 1981 where he studied aerodynamics in Haarlem and worked as an airplane engineer for several years. Abu-Assad was inspired after watching a film by Michel Khleifi to pursue a career in cinema. Abu-Assad initially started as a TV producer working on commissions for Channel 4 and the BBC. He founded Ayloul Film Productions in 1990 with the Palestinian film-maker Rashid Masharawi.
Film career
In 1992, Abu-Assad wrote and directed his first short film, Paper House which was made for NOS Dutch television and won several international awards at film festivals in Paris and Jerusalem.
In 1998, he directed his first film, Het 14de kippetje (The Fourteenth Chick), from a script by writer Arnon Grunberg. Later films include the documentary Nazareth 2000 (2000) and the feature film Rana's Wedding (2002).
In 2006, his film Paradise Now won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and received an Oscar-nomination in the same category. In 2005 Paradise Now won the Golden Calf for best Dutch film.
His 2013 film Omar was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. In 2014, Omar was the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, and was nominated for the award.
In 2014, Abu-Assad was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.