Hossein Amini

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Nationality: Iranian
Birthplace: Iran

biography

One of Britain's hottest young screenwriters, Iranian-born Hossein Amini wrote the teleplay for Peter Kosminsky's "Dying of the Light" (1995), a based-on-fact drama about the outspoken UNICEF aid worker in Africa, Sean Devereux, who was assassinated in Somalia. The program earned a BAFTA Award nomination as Best Single Drama. A screen version of Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure" became his first produced feature, Michael Winterbottom's "Jude" (1996), winning both the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival and Best Film at the Dinard Film Festival. Amini's Continued

Credits

screenplay
2009
Screenplay
2009
Screenplay
2002
screenplay
1997
Screenplay
1996
screenplay
1996

milestones

Year
Milestone
1995 
Wrote teleplay for Peter Kosminsky's "The Dying of the Light"; nominated for a BAFTA as Best Single Drama
1996 
Adapted Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure" as Michael Winterbottom's "Jude"
1997 
Breakout screenplay, "The Wings of the Dove", adapted from the Henry James story; earned Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination
 
Penned the epic love story/thriller "Shanghai" (in development as of 1999)
2002 
Wrote the screenplay for the war drama "Four Feathers"
Continued

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