
Person
Kaouther Ben Hania
Directing · Born 1977-08-27 · 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.
Known for

The Oscars
Self

C ce soir, le débat
Self - Guest

Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter

The Voice of Hind Rajab
Director

Four Daughters
Director

Love, Life & Everything in Between
Director

Beauty and the Dogs
Director

Wooden Hand
Director

The Blade of Tunis
Director

Zaineb Hates the Snow
Director
Filmography
- 2025The Voice of Hind RajabDirector
- 2023Four DaughtersDirector
- 2022Love, Life & Everything in BetweenDirector
- 2021I And the Stupid BoyDirector
- 2021The Man Who Sold His SkinDirector
- 2021C ce soir, le débatSelf - Guest
- 2018Sheikh's WatermelonsDirector
- 2017Beauty and the DogsDirector
- 2016Zaineb Hates the SnowDirector
- 2014The Blade of TunisDirector
- 2013Wooden HandDirector
- 2010Imams go to SchoolWriter
- 2006Me, My Sister and the ThingDirector
- 2005BreachDirector
- 1976Cérémonie des CésarSelf - Presenter
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —MimesisDirector
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