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Hossein Amini (Persian: حسین امینی; born 18 January 1966) is an Iranian-born British screenwriter and film director who has worked as a screenwriter since the early 1990s.
Hossein Amini is a screenwriter and director who was born in Iran and moved to England at 11. He has been nominated for an Oscar for The Wings of the Dove and created the TV series McMafia and The Alienist.
- January 1, 1
- Writer, Producer, Director
- Iran
- Hossein Amini
Hossein Amini. Writer: Drive. 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.
Iranian-born screenwriter and director Hossein Amini earned critical praise and numerous award nominations for his highly literate and complex scripts, including "The Wings of a Dove" (1998 ...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit96%Fresh audience score. 70%Executive Producer7%Rotten audience score. 19%Screenwriter72%Rotten audience score. 50%Screenwriter80%Rotten audience score. 48%Director, ScreenwriterAug 28, 2014 · The Two Faces of January: Directed by Hossein Amini. With Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Daisy Bevan. A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.
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- Crime, Mystery, Romance
- Hossein Amini
- 2014-08-28
Sep 14, 2011 · One of the best exponents of the art is Iranian-born writer Hossein Amini. Throughout his distinguished career, the London-based writer has adapted Thomas Hardy's Jude, The Obscure, Henry James's The Wings of the Dove, AEW Mason's The Four Feathers and Elmore Leonard's Killshot for the big screen.
May 9, 2023 · Listen to the podcast episode where the Oscar-nominated writer of Drive breaks down one of his early drafts and reveals his secrets for creating complex characters and silent storytelling. Learn how he used archetypes, visual actions and minimal dialogue to craft one of the biggest cult thrillers of the century.
