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Hossein Amini - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Hossein Amini net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! The screenplay adaptation of The Wings of the Dove was written by Amini. It was based upon Henry James’ 1902 novel of the name. Iain Softley directed the film which was released in 1997 to critical acclaim. Amini was nominated to the Academy Award for Best Writing-Adapted Screenplay. In this article, we will discover how old is Hossein Amini? Who is Hossein Amini dating now & how much money does Hossein Amini have?

NameHossein Amini
First NameHossein
Last NameAmini
OccupationScreenwriter
BirthdayJanuary 18
Birth Year1966
Place of BirthTehran
Home TownTehran Province
Birth CountryIran
Birth SignCapricorn
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FatherNot Available
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SpouseNot Known
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Hossein Amini Biography

Hossein Amini is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on January 18, 1966 in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran. Amini wrote the screenplay for Shanghai, a movie directed by Mikael Haffstrom in 2010. It starred Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li. Ken Watanabe was also in the film. John Cusack was also in the film.

Amini was one of the screenwriters, along with Evan Daughtery and John Lee Hancock, who wrote the screenplay for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), directed by Rupert Sanders and starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron. Additionally, Amini is one of the screenwriters, along with Chris Morgan and Walter Hamada, who wrote the screenplay for the film 47 Ronin (2013), directed by Carl Rinsch and starring Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Rinko Kikuchi.

His feature directorial debut, The Two Faces of January (2014), is a film adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith novel for which he also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac.

Amini was also one of the screenwriters along with Michael Schiffer who wrote a screenplay adaptation to A.E.W. Mason’s novel The Four Feathers was adapted into the screenplay for the movie The Four Feathers (directed by Shekhar Kapur) and starring Heath Ledger and Wes Bentley. He adapted Elmore Leonard’s novel Killshot into the screenplay of Killshot (2008), directed and starring John Madden, Rosario Dawson, Mickey Rourke and Thomas Jane.

Amini’s first screenplay was written for the 1994 TV movie The Dying of the Light. It was directed by Peter Kosminsky. This TV movie was about Sean Devereux who was an aid worker and was killed in Somalia for criticizing arms sales in 1993. It won the British Academy Television Awards for “Best Single Drama”. Amini also adapted the screenplay from the 1895 novel Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy. Andrew Eaton, a producer, commissioned the screenplay. It was shot by Michael Winterbottom and released in 1996. Amini also wrote the screenplay for Deep Secrets, a 1996 TV movie.

Amini also wrote the screenplay for the neo-noir film Drive (2011), directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. His screenplay for the film is a loose adaptation of the novel of the same name by James Sallis. During interviews, Refn noted that he and Amini cut out a lot of the content from Sallis’ book, resulting in the almost bare bones structure for the film, and the few lines of dialogue for the film’s star, Ryan Gosling. For his screenplay of Drive, Amini also won a “Best Adapted Screenplay” award from the Austin Film Critics Association in 2011.

Hossein Amini Net Worth

Hossein is one of the richest Screenwriter from Iran. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hossein Amini's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Hossein Amini (Persian pronunciation: Hsynmyny; born 18 Jan 1966) is a British screenwriter and film director, Iranian-born. Since the 1990s, Amini has been a screenwriter. Amini was nominated multiple times for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove. He also won an Academy Award in Best Writing – Adapted screenplay. Austin Film Critics Association awarded him the “Best Adapted Screenplay” award for his screenplay adaptation to Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (2011). It was based on James Sallis’ novel. He directed his directorial debut with The Two Faces of January. It is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeScreenwriter
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HouseLiving in own house.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 2018, Amini began writing for television, with the crime series McMafia and The Alienist. On 27 September 2019 it was announced that Amini will be writing the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series for Disney+.

Who is Hossein Amini Dating?

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Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Amini adapted John le Carré’s novel Our Kind of Traitor into a feature film, directed by Susanna White. The film, was released in 2016, starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, and Stellan Skarsgård. He then adapted The Snowman, from the novel by Jo Nesbø. It was a box office disappointment and received negative reviews, with critics calling it “clichéd and uninvolving.”

Facts & Trivia

Hossein Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Iran. Hossein Amini celebrates birthday on January 18 of every year.

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