Hossein Amini
Hossein Amini ( ; born April 6, 1966 in Iran ) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director .
Life
In the early 1990s, the Iranian Hossein Amini went to Great Britain , where he was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for his debut as a screenwriter for the television film The Dying of the Light , a drama about the English murdered missionary and aid worker Sean Devereux . With his two scripts for his first two films Hearts in Aufruhr and Wings of the Dove , he was each nominated for the Satellite Award and was also able to receive an Oscar nomination for the best adapted screenplay for the latter .
With the film The Two Faces of January , released in 2014, Amini directed his first feature film. He also wrote the script , based on the literary model of the same name by Patricia Highsmith .
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: The Dying of the Light
- 1996: Hearts in Turmoil (Jew)
- 1997: Wings of the Dove (The Wings of the Dove)
- 2002: The Four Feathers (The Four Feathers)
- 2008: Killshot
- 2010: Shanghai
- 2011: Drive
- 2012: Snow White and the Huntsman
- 2013: 47 ronin
- 2014: The Two Faces of January (The Two Faces of January)
- 2016: Our Kind of Traitor (Our Kind of Traitor)
- 2017: Snowman (The Snowman)
Awards (selection)
- 1998 : Nomination for the best adapted screenplay for Wings of the Dove
- 1996 : Nomination for the best adapted screenplay from Herz in Aufruhr
- 1997 : Nomination for the best adapted screenplay for Wings of the Dove
Web links
- Hossein Amini in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hossein Amini ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at radaris.com , accessed January 5, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amini, Hossein |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iran |