Hany Abu-Assad
Birthday: 11 October 1961, Nazareth, Israel
Hany Abu-Assad was born on October 11, 1961 in Nazareth, Israel. He is a director and writer, known for Paradise Now (2005), Omar (2013) and Ya tayr el tayer (2015).
Cinema is a great opportunity to let you live with a character you wouldn't really want to be near. Show more
Cinema is a great opportunity to let you live with a character you wouldn't really want to be near. And it gets you thinking more. So most people appreciated that. Hide
Cars kill more people in a day than terror has in years, but people are so afraid of terror. We acce Show more
Cars kill more people in a day than terror has in years, but people are so afraid of terror. We accept the danger from cars, not terror, and yet something always causes terror. We ignore why and focus only on the consequences. To prevent it, we must think about what creates the evil. Hide
As long as some people believe they have a chance to create a Jewish state on all of the land, there Show more
As long as some people believe they have a chance to create a Jewish state on all of the land, there will be trouble. And as long as they have the power, weapons and money, some people think they just have to wait until the right moment to extend Jewish settlements onto the whole of the land, and extend the ethnic cleansing. As long as those people feel they can succeed, they will keep trying. Ultimately, the Palestinians have no control. When Israelis accept that Palestinians have equal rights to the land, it will change everything. Hide
As a person, I am against any religious movement becoming a political one.
As a person, I am against any religious movement becoming a political one.
Hany Abu-Assad's FILMOGRAPHY
as Director (2)
as Creator (1)
