Actor

Hossein Amini

Writing

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

2.2

Moderate attention

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Movies: 15Series: 3Crew credits: 17

TMDB ID: 56960

IMDb ID: nm0024925

Known for: Writing

Born: January 18, 1966

Age: 60

Place of birth: Iran

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1996 - 2026

Years active: 31

Average TMDB rating: 6.45

Wikidata: Q1371315

Other jobs

Screenplay (8)Writer (6)Executive Producer (2)Director (1)

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Biography

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. 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 wrote and directed The Two Faces of January, an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel.