Kaouther Ben Hania
- Born
- August 27, 1977 (49 years old)
- Place of birth
- Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
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.
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Known for
Filmography
- —MimesisMimesisFilm · Director, Writer
- 2025The Voice of Hind RajabFilm · Director, Editor, Writer★ 8.1
- 2023Four DaughtersFilm · Director, Editor, Writer★ 7.4
- 2022Love, Life & Everything in BetweenSeries · Director
- 2021I And the Stupid BoyFilm · Director, Writer, Editor
- 2021The Man Who Sold His SkinFilm · Director, Writer★ 6.6
- 2018Sheikh's WatermelonsFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2017Beauty and the DogsFilm · Director, Scenario Writer★ 7.0
- 2016Zaineb Hates the SnowFilm · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2014The Blade of TunisFilm · Director, Writer
- 2013Wooden HandFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2010Imams go to SchoolFilm · Writer, Director
- 2006Me, My Sister and the ThingMe, My Sister and the ThingFilm · Director, Writer
- 2005BreachFilm · Director, Writer
