The Courier

Hany Abu-Assad is a Dutch-Palestinian film director. His film Paradise Now, about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006. Abu-Assad was born in Nazareth, Israel in 1961 and emigrated to the Netherlands... in 1980. After having studied aerodynamics in Haarlem, he worked as an airplane engineer in the Netherlands for several years. Abu-Assad entered the world of cinema and television as a producer. He formed Ayloul Film Productions in 1990. In 1998 he directed his first film, Het 14de kippetje , from a script by writer Arnon Grunberg. Later films include the documentary Nazareth 2000 and the feature film Rana's Wedding . In 2006 his film Paradise Now won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign language film, and it received an Oscar-nomination in the same category. In 2005 Paradise Now won the Golden Calf for best Dutch film. Abu-Assad is currently editing a film entitled The Courier with Arclight Films and is in development on several projects.
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