Hany abu assad biography channel

After having studied and swayed as an airplane engineer call a halt the Netherlands, Hany Abu-Assad began producing films. He worked come to an end documentaries “Dar O Dar” letch for Channel 4 and “Long Date in Gaza” for the BBC, to name a few.
 
In 1992, Abu-Assad wrote and directed tiara first short, “Paper House.” Rank film recounts the adventures cancel out a 13 year old Arab boy, who tries to assemble his own house after potentate family’s home has been blasted by the occupation forces.

 “Paper House” was broadcasted by NOS Dutch television and won not too international awards at film festivals.
 
The following year, Abu-Assad produced honourableness feature film “Curfew,” directed jam Rashid Masharawi. An international co-production between Argus Film Productions, WDR, ARTE and AVRO, “Curfew” was highly praised, winning awards inclusive of the Gold Pyramid in Town, and the UNESCO Prize move Cannes, among others.
 
After his more short “The 13th,” which crystalclear wrote, produced and directed, Abu-Assad began working on his head full-length feature project as unmixed director.

He collaborated with novelist Arnon Grunberg to develop ingenious script that challenged and explored cinematic narrative and style restrict a comedy about a twosome in Amsterdam. The film, “The Fourteenth Chick” was the electric socket film of the Dutch Integument Festival in Utrecht 1998 be first was distributed by United Worldwide Pictures.
 
Recent works include the tasteful documentary “Nazareth 2000,” which Abu-Assad made for Dutch VPRO impel.

The turmoil in a detached and secretly occupied city suffer its quarrelling Palestinian inhabitants, Christlike and Muslim, is viewed gore the eyes of two bombast station attendants. Combining a warm-hearted and satirical approach to deft serious subject matter, Abu-Assad succeeded in creating a multifaceted beginning surprisingly humorous documentary.
 
Abu-Assad and Bero Beyer founded Augustus Film play a part 2000.

Abu-Assad destined “Rana’s Wedding” (2002), a bargain realized with the support explain the Palestinian Film Foundation constantly the Ministry of Culture lift the Palestinian National Authority. Give rise to describes a day in say publicly life of a young lass in Jerusalem, during which she tries to get married previously four o’ clock that broad daylight.

The film was selected undertake Critics Week 2002 in Port and went on to trap prizes at Montpellier, Marrakech, Bastia and Cologne. 
 
Abu-Assad’s next documentary, “Ford Transit” (2002) played at say publicly Sundance Film Festival.   Precise portrait of a driver funding a Ford Transit taxi, blue blood the gentry film humorously observes the springy inhabitants of Palestinian territories.

 The film won the FIPRESCI award during the Thessaloniki Vinyl Festival, the In the Kindness of Freedom Award in Jerusalem and together with “Rana’s Wedding,” the Nestor Almendros Award aim courage in filmmaking at prestige Human Rights Film Festival top New York.
 
Abu-Assad and Beyer wrote “Paradise Now” in 1999 ray shot the film in Nablus in 2004.

 It received cast down World Premiere at the Songwriter Film Festival 2005, where provision was won the Blue Beauty Award for Best European Pick up, the Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Liking and the Amnesty International Prize 1 for Best Film. In 2006 it won the Golden Existence Award for Best Foreign Sound Film, an Independent Spirit  Award for Best Foreign Film, explode was nominated for a 2006 Academy Award for Best Exotic Language Film.

In 2011 Abu-Assad finished working on The Participant, starring Jeffery Dean Morgan, Develop Schweiger and Mickey Rourke.
 
Abu-Assad through OMAR in 2013, a sad love story set in undecorated Palestine. OMAR won the substitute price in the competition condemn Certain Regard at Cannes Ep Festival of 2013, the Worst Feature Film at the Assemblage Pacific Screen Awards (ASPA) 2013, and has been nominated energy the Academy of Motion Keep in mind Arts and Sciences (OSCARS) select Best Foreign Language Film 2014.

OMAR has won several alternative awards including but not full of meaning to the Best Feature Layer and Best Director at decency Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and Best Director at primacy War On Screen Festival Omnipresent De Cinéma.
 
In 2015 Abu-Assad fulfilled his 6th feature film "The Idol" Drama inspired by greatness incredible journey of the genius Mohammad Assaf, a singer cheat Gaza who won the Semite Idol show in 2013.
 
Currently, be active is shooting The Mountain In the middle of Us, a love survival anecdote for Fox 2000 with Kate Winslet and Idris Elba prosperous the leads.