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RECENT CREDITS

Killshot (FILM) Jan. 23, 2009

The Four Feathers (FILM) Sep. 20, 2002

The Wings of the Dove (FILM) Nov. 7, 1997

Jude (FILM) Oct. 18, 1996

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BIOGRAPHY

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One of Britain's hottest young screenwriters, Iranian-born Hossein Amini wrote the teleplay for Peter Kosminsky's "Dying of the Light" (1995), a based-on-fact drama about the outspoken UNICEF aid worker in Africa, Sean Devereux, who was assassinated in Somalia. The program earned a BAFTA Award nomination as Best Single Drama. A screen version of Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure" became his first produced feature, Michael Winterbottom's "Jude" (1996), winning both the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival and Best Film at the Dinard Film Festival. Amini's adaptation of Henry James, Iain Softley's "The Wings of the Dove" (1997), raised his star to new heights, putting him in league with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala as a leading translator of Victorian and Edwardian fiction into the language of film.

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News Roundup: May 23

May. 23, 2002

Hollywood producer Steve Bing sued a UK newspaper for $10 million in January for printing his phone number and urging readers to call him, but Britain's press watchdog ruled Thursday that the tabloid did not violate his privacy by doing so. Steve Bing James Franco The Great Raid Ridley Scott Bruce C McKenna USA Network Murder in Greenwich: Who killed Martha Moxley NBC Jeff ...

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ROLE CALL: Keanu Reeves' Post-Holiday 'Gift'

Posted: Jan. 4, 2000

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