Hanif Kureishi
December 5, 1954 · 71 years old
Hanif Kureishi CBE (born December 5, 1954) is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. The themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality. In 2008, The Times named Kureishi in their list of "The 50 greatest Britis…
Known For
6 titles
My Beautiful Laundrette
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Venus
Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.
Le Week-End
A British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.
The Mother
A woman has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
The Escort
A London gigolo persuades an impoverished French writer to join his profession.
London Kills Me
For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a jo...