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Hossein Amini

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Hossein Amini at an event for The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini was born in Iran, and when he was 11 years old, he and his family moved to England. Amini's first screenplay was for the 1994 TV movie The Dying of the Light, which was directed by Peter Kosminsky. The TV movie covered the murder of Sean Devereux, an aid worker who was murdered in Somalia in 1993 for criticizing arms sales. It was nominated "Best Single Drama" at the British Academy Television Awards. Amini also wrote an adapted screenplay of the 1895 novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. Producer Andrew Eaton commissioned the screenplay in 1995, and it was filmed by Michael Winterbottom as Jude, released in 1996. Amini also wrote a screenplay for another TV movie, Deep Secrets, which aired in 1996. Amini wrote the adapted screenplay for The Wings of the Dove, which was based on the 1902 eponymous novel by Henry James. The film, directed by Iain Softley, was released in 1997 and received critical claim. Amini was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay. In September 2013, Amini delivered a screenwriting lecture as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 22 nominations total

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Hossein Amini
Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, and Hossein Amini at an event for The Two Faces of January (2014)
Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Hossein Amini, Daisy Bevan, and Oscar Isaac at an event for The Two Faces of January (2014)
Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Hossein Amini, Daisy Bevan, and Oscar Isaac at an event for The Two Faces of January (2014)
Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Hossein Amini, Daisy Bevan, and Oscar Isaac at an event for The Two Faces of January (2014)
Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Hossein Amini, Daisy Bevan, and Oscar Isaac at an event for The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini, Ryan Gosling, Marc Platt, Nicolas Winding Refn, Adam Sigel, Michel Litvak, and Matthew Newman at an event for Drive (2011)

Known for

Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)
Drive
7.8
  • Writer
  • 2011
Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, and Oscar Isaac in The Two Faces of January (2014)
The Two Faces of January
6.2
  • Writer
  • 2014
David Strathairn and James Norton in McMafia (2018)
McMafia
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Kate Hudson and Heath Ledger in The Four Feathers (2002)
The Four Feathers
6.5
  • Writer
  • 2002

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Writer

  • Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
    Obi-Wan Kenobi
    • teleplay by
    • written by
    • story by
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, and Luke Evans in The Alienist (2018)
    The Alienist
    • teleplay by
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • David Strathairn and James Norton in McMafia (2018)
    McMafia
    • created by
    • written by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Michael Fassbender in The Snowman (2017)
    The Snowman
    • screenplay
    • 2017
  • Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Naomie Harris, and Damian Lewis in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Our Kind of Traitor
    • written by
    • 2016
  • Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, and Oscar Isaac in The Two Faces of January (2014)
    The Two Faces of January
    • written by
    • 2014
  • Keanu Reeves, Ko Shibasaki, Neil Fingleton, and Rick Genest in 47 Ronin (2013)
    47 Ronin
    • screenplay
    • 2013
  • Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, and Chris Hemsworth in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
    Snow White and the Huntsman
    • screenplay
    • 2012
  • Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)
    Drive
    • screenplay
    • 2011
  • Gong Li, John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat, and Ken Watanabe in Shanghai (2010)
    Shanghai
    • written by
    • 2010
  • Diane Lane and Mickey Rourke in Killshot (2008)
    Killshot
    • screenplay
    • 2008
  • Kate Hudson and Heath Ledger in The Four Feathers (2002)
    The Four Feathers
    • screenplay
    • 2002
  • Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Elliott, and Linus Roache in The Wings of the Dove (1997)
    The Wings of the Dove
    • screenplay
    • 1997
  • Deep Secrets
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1996
  • Jude (1996)
    Jude
    • screenplay
    • 1996

Producer

  • Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, and Luke Evans in The Alienist (2018)
    The Alienist
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • David Strathairn and James Norton in McMafia (2018)
    McMafia
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018

Director

  • Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, and Oscar Isaac in The Two Faces of January (2014)
    The Two Faces of January
    • Director
    • 2014
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    • Director
    • Short
    • 1989
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    • Hoss Amini
  • Born
    • 1966
    • Iran
  • Other works
    Wrote an unused draft of Philip Pullman's novel "The Subtle Knife", the sequel to The Golden Compass (2007). The project was scrapped and the script unused, after disappointing box office results.

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    Le Samouraï (1967) has the most influence on him.

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