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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
Credits
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"
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