# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hany-abu-assad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:14:42.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hany-abu-assad"
name: "Hany Abu-Assad"
slug: "hany-abu-assad"
description: "Hany Abu-Assad is a Palestinian filmmaker, twice nominated for Academy Awards, in 2006 for the psychological drama Paradise Now, and in 2013 for the drama Omar. Nominated more for more than 50 international film awards, he has won 21 prizes, including a Golden Globe, Cannes Special Jury Prize and best film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards."
tagline: "Dutch-Palestinian film director, screenwriter and film producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Omar_-_Hany_Abu_Assad_(9764692686).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1961-10-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump