Biography
In 1992 Abu-Assad wrote and directed his first short film, Paper
House. The film depicts the adventures of a thirteenyear-old Palestinian
boy who tries to build his own house after his family’s house has
been destroyed. After his second short,
The 13th, Abu-Assad began
his first feature project as a director. He teamed up with writer
Arnon Grunberg to develop a script that explored cinematic narrative
and style in a comedy about a couple in Amsterdam. The film, The
14th Chick, was
the opening night of the Netherlands Film Festival
in Utrecht 1998. Recent works include the documentary Nazareth 2000.
The turmoil in a divided and secretly occupied city is viewed through
the eyes of two gas station attendants. In 2006 his film Paradise
Now won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Films
- L.A.
Cairo (2006)
- Paradise
Now (2005)
- Al
qods fee yom akhar (Rana's Wedding, 2002)
- Ford
Transit (2002)
- Nazareth
2000 (2000)
- The
14th Chick (1998)
- The
13th (short-movie, 1997)
- Paper
House (short-movie, 1992)
Major awards
Paradise Now
- 2006
Academy Awards: Nomination for Best Foreign Language
Film
- 2006
Independent Spirit Awards: Best Foreign Language
Film
- 2005
Berlin International Film Festival: Amnesty International
Film Prize, Blue Angel, Nomination
for Golden Bear
- 2005
European Film Awards: Best Screenwriter
- 2005
Nederlands Film Festival: Best Director, Best
Screenplay of a Feature Film
Rana’s Wedding
- 2003
Haifa International Film Festival: Golden Anchor Award
- 2002
Cologne Mediterranean Film Festival: Grand Prize
- 2002
Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival: Golden Antigone
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