Born in Nazareth in 1961 and trained as an aircraft engineer in the Netherlands, Hany Abu-Assad directed Rana's Wedding (2002) and Ford Transit (2002) before Paradise Now (2005), about two friends recruited as suicide bombers, which won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award. Omar (2013) won the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and was also Oscar-nominated.
Filmography
- Rana's Wedding (2002)
- Ford Transit (2002)
- Paradise Now (2005)
- Omar (2013)