Kaouther Ben Hania
Directing
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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Directing14
movieThe Voice of Hind Rajab
2025
Director
movieFour Daughters
2023
Director
movieI And the Stupid Boy
2021
Director
movieSheikh's Watermelons
2018
Director
movieBeauty and the Dogs
2017
Director
movieZaineb Hates the Snow
2016
Director
movieThe Blade of Tunis
2014
Director
movieWooden Hand
2013
Director
movieImams go to School
2010
Director
movieBreach
2005
Director
Mimesis
Director
Writing13
movieFour Daughters
2023
Writer
movieSheikh's Watermelons
2018
Screenplay
movieBeauty and the Dogs
2017
Scenario Writer
movieWooden Hand
2013
Screenplay
movieBreach
2005
Writer
Mimesis
Writer
Acting3
Editing3
Camera1
movieZaineb Hates the Snow
2016
Director of Photography