Hany Abu-Assad

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Hany Abu-Assad
Born	October 11, 1961 (1961-10-11) (age 46) Nazareth
Occupation	Film director

Hany Abu-Assad (b. 11 October 1961) (Arabic: هاني أبو أسعد‎ is a Dutch-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.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Film career 3 Filmography 4 Further reading 5 External links

[edit] Early life

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Abu-Assad was born in Nazareth 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. He was hired having an Israeli passport, but when he appeared to be an Arab Israeli and not Jewish, he was fired, allegedly for that reason.^{[citation needed]} Abu-Assad entered the world of cinema and television as a producer. He formed Ayloul Film Productions in 1990.

[edit] 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). His documentary film Ford Transit (situated in Israel/Palestine) was stopped from showing by Dutch television (VPRO) when it appeared to be a scripted film, including a Palestinian actor playing a brutal Israeli soldier. It caused much debate in the Netherlands.

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.

[edit] Filmography

• Rana's Wedding (2002)
• Paradise Now (2005)
• L.A. Cairo (2007) (announced)
• Eleven Minutes^[1]

[edit] Further reading

• Provan, Alexander (2006). "The Humanist in Hany Abu-Assad". SOMA Magazine (October 2006). 

[edit] 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

Persondata
NAME	Abu-Assad, Hany
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abu-Asad, Hany; Abu Assad, Hany
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Palestinian film director
DATE OF BIRTH	1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nazareth
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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