Kaouther Ben Hania

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1977-08-27 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia

Kaouther Ben Hania

Biography

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.

Production

2021

2013

2013

2023

Four Daughters

as Director

2017

2016

2023

2023

2016

Zaineb Hates the Snow

as Director of Photography

2005

Breach

as Writer

2005

Breach

as Director

2010

2017

Beauty and the Dogs

as Scenario Writer

2018

2018

2013

Wooden Hand

as Director

2013

Wooden Hand

as Screenplay

2010

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