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    Hany Abu-Assad

    Israeli and Dutch filmmaker (born 1961)

    Hany Abu-Assad

    Abu-Assad in 2013

    Born (1961-10-11) 11 October 1961 (age 63)

    Nazareth, Israel

    Citizenship
    • Israel
    • Netherlands (naturalized)
    Occupations
    • Film director
    • screenwriter

    Hany Abu-Assad (Arabic: هاني أبو أسعد; born 11 October 1961) is an Israeli and Dutch film director and screenwriter of Palestinian origin.

    He has received two Academy Award nominations: in 2006 for his film Paradise Now, and again in 2013 for his film Omar.

    Early life

    Abu-Assad was born into a Palestinian family in 1961 in Nazareth, Israel.[1] In 1981, he immigrated to the Netherlands, where he studied aerodynamics in Haarlem and worked as an airplane engineer for several years.

    Abu-Assad holds dual Israeli[2][3] and Dutch citizenship.[4] He was inspired to pursue a career in cinema after watching a film by Michel Khleifi.[5] He initially sta