
Person
Baya Kasmi
Writing · Born 1978-01-01 · Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Biography
Born in Toulouse in 1978, Baya Kasmi began working with Michel Leclerc on a TV series about adolescence, Âge sensible (2002), before the screenplay for Le Nom des gens (2010), which is said to have been inspired by an autobiographical story, won a César award. The duo reformed to write La vie très privée de Monsieur Slim (2015) and La lutte des classes (2018). As a director, she first established herself successfully in a short format with J'aurais pu être une pute, nominated for a César in 2012 for Best Short Film, which revealed Vimala Pons alongside Bruno Podalydès. The young actress went on to play the lead role in Je suis à vous tout de suite (2015), the director's first feature film. She then went on to work as a scriptwriter (for example, with Thomas Lilti on Hippocrate and Médecin de campagne), and it was not until early 2023 that her second feature was released: Youssef Salem a du succès, starring Ramzy Bedia.
Known for

Mikado
Writer

Molière, Cyrano and the Young King
Co-Writer
Histoires de vies
Scenario Writer

Just to Be Sure
Writer

The Country Doctor
Writer

Not All Men, But...
Screenplay

Le Parfum du bonheur
Director

Je t'aime, filme-moi !
2022

Bambino
Cathy

La Fine Équipe
Dom
Filmography
- 2026Molière, Cyrano and the Young KingCo-Writer
- 2025Le Parfum du bonheurDirector
- 2025Not All Men, But...Screenplay
- 2024Dog on TrialScript Consultant
- 2024MikadoWriter
- 2023BambinoCathy
- 2023Le premier venuSara
- 2023The In(famous) Youssef SalemDirector
- 2022Not My TypeMme Pietri
- 2022Je t'aime, filme-moi !
- 2022Quand les bourgeois font leur cinémaSelf - Director
- 2019Le Grand BazarWriter
- 2019Battle of the ClassesMlle Delamarre
- 2019Father & SonsAgathe
- 2019SavageChristine, the mother
- 2018My GuySybille
- 2018SextapeLa Tante
- 2017Just to Be SureWriter
- 2016La Fine ÉquipeDom
- 2016The Country DoctorWriter
- 2015The Very Private Life of Mister SimScreenplay
- 2015I'm All YoursDirector
- 2014HippocratesScenario Writer
- 2011I Could've Been a HookerDirector
- 2010The Names of LoveWriter
- 2010Histoires de viesScenario Writer
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