Directing
Kaouther Ben Hania
AR, FR cinema · 13 credits
Born
27 August 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
Also known as كوثر بن هنية · Каутер Бен Ханья
Kaouther Ben Hania (Arabic: كوثر بن هنية; born August 27, 1977; Sidi Bouzid) is a Tunisian filmmaker. Beauty and the Dogs (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her 2020 film The Man Who Sold His Skin was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Kaouther Ben Hania was born in Sidi Bouzid. She studied at the Ecole des Arts et du Cinéma (EDAC) in Tunisia, then studied at La Fémis and the Sorbonne in Paris.
Known for
Filmography
Mimesis
Mimesis
Director, Writer
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Director, Editor, Writer
Four Daughters
Director, Editor, Writer
I And the Stupid Boy
Director, Writer, Editor
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Director, Writer
Sheikh's Watermelons
Director, Screenplay
Beauty and the Dogs
Director, Scenario Writer
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Blade of Tunis
Director, Writer
Wooden Hand
Director, Screenplay
Imams go to School
Writer, Director
Breach
Director, Writer