One of Britain's hottest young screenwriters, Iranian-born Hossein Amini wrote the teleplay for Peter Kosminsky's "Dying of the Light" (1995, TV), a based-on-fact drama about the outspoken UNICEF aid worker in Africa, Sean Devereux, who was assassinated in Somalia. The program earned a BAFTA Award nomination as Best Single Drama. A screen version of Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure became his first produced feature film, Michael Winterbottom's JUDE (1996), winning both the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival and Best Film at the Dinard Film Festival. Amini's adaptation of Henry James' novel The Wings of the Dove for Iain Softley's 1997 film raised his star to new heights, putting him in league with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala as a leading translator of Victorian and Edwardian fiction into the language of film. Amini's other recent screenwriting credits (alone or in collaboration) include THE FOUR FEATHERS (2002). THE GREAT RAID (2004), KILLSHOT (2007), and SHANGHAI and THE SUBTLE KNIFE (both announced for release in 2009).  Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 1997: THE WINGS OF THE DOVE 1 nomination