FILM DIRECTOR

Hany Abu-Assad

1961 - Today

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Hany Abu-Assad (Arabic: هاني أبو أسعد; born 11 October 1961) is a Palestinian-Dutch film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hany Abu-Assad has received more than 342,295 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hany Abu-Assad is the 1,182nd most popular film director (down from 1,105th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Israel (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Israeli Film Director.

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  • 340k

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  • 46.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hany Abu-Assad ranks 1,182 out of 2,041. Before him are Károly Makk, Tomas Alfredson, Jon Avnet, Lajos Koltai, Nelly Kaplan, and Břetislav Pojar. After him are Benny Chan, Ardeshir Irani, Jaume Collet-Serra, Lee Tamahori, Niels Arden Oplev, and Trey Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Hany Abu-Assad ranks 292. Before him are Laurent Cantet, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Kai-Fu Lee, Latifa, Lauren Lane, and Manuel Estiarte. After him are Issam Zahreddine, Benny Chan, Penny Johnson Jerald, Bill Camp, Marc-André Hamelin, and Werner Günthör.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Hany Abu-Assad ranks 298 out of 466. Before him are Yaakov Ziv (1931), Merav Michaeli (1966), Leigh Bardugo (1975), Yuval Steinitz (1958), Yariv Levin (1969), and Ishtar (1968). After him are Gideon Sa'ar (1966), Ayelet Shaked (1976), Itzhak Vissoker (1944), Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936), Yehoshua Kenaz (1937), and Rina Mor (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Israel

Among film directors born in Israel, Hany Abu-Assad ranks 8. Before him are Assi Dayan (1945), Menahem Golan (1929), Ralph Bakshi (1938), Avi Arad (1948), Ari Folman (1962), and Elia Suleiman (1960). After him are Samuel Maoz (1962), Oren Peli (1970), and Etan Cohen (1974).

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Filmography

The Mountain Between Us
Director
Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength.
Oct 5o 20176.655 / 10
Paradise Now
Director
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Sep 7o 20056.9 / 10
Omar
Director
The drama, the story of three childhood friends and a young woman who are torn apart in their fight for freedom, is billed as the first fully-financed film to come out of the Palestinian cinema industry.
May 21o 20137.1 / 10