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British-Jordanian filmmaker

Naji Abu Nowar (Arabic: ناجي أبو نوار; born 1981) is a British-Jordanian film director, writer and producer. Best known for his works Death of a Boxer (2009), Till Death (2012) and Theeb (2014) for which he received wide spread acclaim and recognition,^[1] including a Best Foreign Language Film nomination at 88th Academy Awards,^[2] nomination for Best film not in the English language, and the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer at the 69th British Academy Film Awards.^[3][4]Theeb is the first Jordanian film to receive an Oscar nomination.^[5]

Biography

Abu Nowar was born in Oxford in 1981,^[6] from a Jordanian military family.

He is the youngest of thirteen half-siblings.^[7] As a child, he heard stories from his father about chivalrous and courageous Bedouin warriors, which later influenced his film making.^[