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Name: Hanif Kureishi
Full/Alt. name: Antonia French
Date of Birth: Sunday December 5 1954
Born: Bromley (England)
Nationality: English
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…

Filmography

Venus (2007) 15 (Contains very strong language)Writer
The Mother (2004) (for sexual content including graphic images of sexuality, language and brief drug use)Screenplay
My Son the Fanatic (1999) (for sexuality, language and a scene of drug use)from short story, screenplay
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) screenplay
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) screenplay

Recent Awards

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)

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