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Hossein Amini

Writer | Producer | Director

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Hossein Amini was born in Iran, and when he was 11 years old, he and his family moved to England. Amini's first screenplay was for the 1994 TV movie The Dying of the Light, which was directed by ... read full biography

Known for Drive (I) (2011), The Two Faces of January (2014), The Snowman (2017), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

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1966 (age 52)

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Hossein Amini, Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen at event for The Two Faces of January

Hossein Amini, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Daisy Bevan and Oscar Isaac at event for The Two Faces of January

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Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 1 win & 20 nominations

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27 titles

Projects in Development (4 titles)	Budget	Status
Shadow Runner Executive Producer, Writer Executive Producer, Writer See fewer		Development Unknown
Shockwave Writer Writer See fewer		Script
Steelskin Writer Writer See fewer		Script
Wenceslas Square Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer		Development Unknown

Films in Production (1 title)	Budget	Status
Drive (2019) Writer (original screenplay) Writer (original screenplay) See fewer	INR 75MM	Post-Prod

Past Film & Video (14 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
The Snowman (2017) Writer (screenplay by) Writer (screenplay by) See fewer	$35MM	$3.4MM	$6.7MM	$43MM
Our Kind of Traitor (2016) Writer Writer See fewer		$985K	$3.2MM	$11MM
Cook & Banks (2015) Very Special Thanks Very Special Thanks See fewer	$7K
The Two Faces of January (2014) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer	$31MM	$43K	$507K	$14MM
47 Ronin (2013) Writer (screenplay) Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$175MM	$9.9MM	$38MM	$152MM
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) Writer (screenplay) Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$170MM	$56MM	$155MM	$397MM
Drive (2011) Thanks (as Hoss Amini), Writer (screenplay) Thanks (as Hoss Amini), Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$15MM	$11MM	$35MM	$76MM
Shanghai (2010) Writer Writer See fewer	$50MM	$27K	$46K	$9.2MM
Killshot (2008) Writer (screenplay) Writer (screenplay) See fewer		$11K	$19K	$3MM
Gangs of New York (2002) Script Revisions (uncredited) Script Revisions (uncredited) See fewer	$100MM	$9.1MM	$78MM	$194MM
The Four Feathers (2002) Writer (screenplay) Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$35MM	$6.9MM	$18MM	$30MM
The Wings of the Dove (1997) Writer (screenplay) Writer (screenplay) See fewer		$184K	$14MM	$14MM
Jude (1996) Writer (screenplay) Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$7MM	$32K	$409K	$409K
Catch (1989) (Short) - Husband, Director, Writer Husband, Director, Writer See fewer

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Past Television (4 titles)	Episodes
McMafia (2018) (TV Series) - Writer (8 episodes, 2018), Writer (created by) (8 episodes, 2018), Executive Producer (8 episodes, 2018) Writer (8 episodes, 2018), Writer (created by) (8 episodes, 2018), Executive Producer (8 episodes, 2018) See fewer Episode #1.8 (Apr 23, 2018) Season 1, Episode 8 - Executive Producer, Writer (created by), Writer Executive Producer, Writer (created by), Writer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	8
The Alienist (2018) (TV Series) - Executive Producer (10 episodes, 2018), Writer (teleplay by) (3 episodes, 2018) Executive Producer (10 episodes, 2018), Writer (teleplay by) (3 episodes, 2018) See fewer Castle in the Sky (Mar 26, 2018) Season 1, Episode 10 - Executive Producer Executive Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	10
Deep Secrets (1996) (TV Movie) - Writer Writer See fewer
The Dying of the Light (1992) (TV Movie) - Writer Writer See fewer

Self (4 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
An Evening with George Smiley (2017) Himself Himself See fewer				$21K
The Making of Our Kind of Traitor (2016) (Video) - Himself Himself See fewer
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence (2015) (Short) - Himself Himself See fewer
Snow White and the Huntsman: Reinventing the Fairy-tale (2012) (Video) - Himself - Co-Writer Himself - Co-Writer See fewer

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