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Name: Hanif Kureishi
Date of Birth: Sunday December 5 1954
Born: Bromley, England (United Kingdom)
Partial Biography: Perhaps more than any other British filmmaker, Hanif Kureishi startled the world with the grim but colorful realities of urban life for the youth culture in Thatcherite England. Born in Bromley, a London…Full Hanif Kureishi Biography…

Venus (2007) 15 (Contains very strong language)Screenplay
The Mother (2004) (for sexual content including graphic images of sexuality, language and brief drug use)Screenplay
Intimacy (2001) 18 (for strong sexual content and language)Source Material (from novel) ("Intimacy")
My Son the Fanatic (1999) (for sexuality, language and a scene of drug use)from short story, screenplay
London Kills Me (1992) Director, screenplay
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) screenplay
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) 15 (No consumer advice is available for this work)screenplay

Whitbread Book of the Year Award (1990) First Novel - "The Buddha of Suburbia"
New York Film Critics Circle Award (1986) Best Screenplay - "My Beautiful Laundrette"
National Society of Film Critics Award (1986) Best Screenplay - "My Beautiful Laundrette"
Evening Standard Film Award (1985) Best Screenplay - "My Beautiful Laundrette"
George Divine Award (1981)