Hanif Kureishi
Writer, Actor, Director
December 5, 1954 (71 years)
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 British writers since 1945".
Known For
Filmography
| 2013 | Le Week-EndOn Plex |
| 2006 | Venus · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | Intimacy · as Novel |
| 1999 | The Escort · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia · as Novel |
| 1991 | |
| 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid · as Screenplay |
| 2025 | Bowie: The Final Act · as Self |
| 2024 | In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi · as Self |
| 2022 | Reel Britannia · as Self |
| 2020 | Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy · as Self |
| 2016 | Treasures Of The British Library · as Self - Presenter |
| 2013 | David Bowie Is · as Self |
| 2012 | 28 minutes · as Self |
| 2011 | Les carnets de route de François Busnel · as Self |
| 2011 | Fry's Planet Word · as Self |
| 2011 | Wogan on Wodehouse · as Self |
| 2010 | Pointless Celebrities · as Self - Contestant |
| 2009 | The Satanic Verses Affair · as Self - Friend & Writer |
| 2004 | The Culture Show · as Self |
| 2003 | The Mother: Cast & Crew Interviews · as Self - Writer |
| 2001 | I Love the '80s (UK) · as Self - Screenwriter, 'my Beautiful Laundrette' |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1982 | Channel 4 News · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show · as Self |
| 2025 | Simon Schama’s Story of Us · as Interviewed Guest |
| 2004 | |
| 2002 | Best of Bowie · as (segment "buddha Of Surburbia") |
| 1993 | The Attendant · as Player |
| 1991 |
| 1997 | My Son the Fanatic · as Story |
| 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette · as Author |