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Hany Abu-Assad

Hany Abu-Assad (Arabic: هاني أبو أسعد; born 11 October 1961) is a Palestinian-Dutch film director. He has received two Academy Award nominations: in 2006 for his film Paradise Now[2], and again in 2013 for his film Omar[3].

Hany Abu-Assad

(1961-10-11) 11 October 1961

Film career[edit]

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.[7]


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 2002, Ford Transit was nominated for the Ophir Award in the documentary category.[8]


In 2006, his film ''Paradise Now'' won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film[9], and received an Oscar-nomination in the same category[10]. In 2005 Paradise Now won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film at the Netherlands Film Festival.


His 2013 film Omar was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival[11] where it won the Jury Prize.[12] In 2014, Omar was the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, and was nominated for the award.[13] The film also won the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[14]


In 2014, Abu-Assad was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[15]


In 2018, Abu-Assad joined the film jury for ShortCutz Amsterdam, an annual film festival promoting short films in Amsterdam.[16][17]

Paper House (1992, short film) - Director

Curfew (1993) - Producer

The 13th (1997, short film) - Director

(1998) - Director

The Fourteenth Chick

(2002) - Director

Rana's Wedding

(2005) - Director

Paradise Now

(2012) - Director

The Courier

(2013)

Omar

(2015)

The Idol

(2017)

The Mountain Between Us

(2021)

Huda's Salon

(1990) - Producer

Dar 0 Dour

(1991) - Producer

Long Days in Gaza

(1999) - Director

De Arabieren van 2001

(2000) - Director

Het Spijkerkwartier

(2000) - Director

Nazareth 2000

(2002) - Director

Ford Transit

List of Palestinian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Mendes, AC (2015). “”, Transnational Cinemas, 6.2, 123–136.

Walled in/walled out in the West Bank: Performing Separation Walls in Hany Abu-Assad’s Omar

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

at IMDb

Hany Abu-Assad

The Guardian

"It was a joke I was even nominated"

The Telegraph

"I risked my life to make this movie"

Christianity Today

"Ticket to Paradise?"