Biography
Hossein Amini (Persian: حسین امینی; born 18 January 1966) is an Iranian-born British screenwriter and film director. Amini has worked as a screenwriter since the early 1990s. He was nominated for numerous awards for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove, including an Academy Award for Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay. He also won a "Best Adapted Screenplay" award from the Austin Film Critics Association for his screenplay adaptation of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011), based on the novel by James Sallis. For his directorial debut, he both wrote and directed The Two Faces of January, an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel.
Filmography
all 18
Movies 15
Writer 13
TV Shows 3
Producer 2
self 1
Director 1
Screenplay 1
Executive Producer
The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)
Movie
Writer / Story / Teleplay
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
TV
10
Executive Producer / Teleplay
The Alienist (2018)
TV
7
Writer
McMafia (2018)
TV
5
Writer
The Snowman (2017)
Movie
5.49
Writer
Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
Movie
4.25
Self
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence (2015)
Movie
Director
The Two Faces of January (2014)
Movie
Screenplay
47 Ronin (2013)
Movie
6.06
Writer
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Movie
6.2
Writer
Drive (2011)
Movie
7.36
Writer
Shanghai (2010)
Movie
6
Writer
Killshot (2008)
Movie
Writer
The Four Feathers (2002)
Movie
Writer
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Movie
Writer
Deep Secrets (1996)
Movie
Writer
Jude (1996)
Movie
Writer
The Dying of the Light (1994)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.14
Based on 1.73 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1994
2008
2013
2015
2023
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1966-01-18 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceTehran, Iran
CitizenshipsIran
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