Kaouther Ben Hania

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1977-08-27 (47 years old)

Place of Birth Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia

Also Known As كوثر بن هنية, Каутер Бен Ханья

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.

Known For

Director

2023
Four Daughters

as Director

2021
2018
2017
2016
2013
The Blade of Tunis

as Director

2013
Wooden Hand

as Director

2010
Imams go to School

as Director

2005
Breach

as Director

Writer

2023
Four Daughters

as Writer

2021
2018
Sheikh's Watermelons

as Screenplay

2017
Beauty and the Dogs

as Scenario Writer

2016
2013
2013
Wooden Hand

as Screenplay

2010
2005
Breach

as Writer

Editor

2023
Four Daughters

as Editor

2021

Actor

2021
C ce soir, le débat

as Self - Guest

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Camera

2016
Zaineb Hates the Snow

as Director of Photography