Kaouther Ben Hania photo

Kaouther Ben Hania

Directing

  • Born
  • August 27, 1977
  • 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.

As actor 4

Democracy Now! poster
Democracy Now!
2001
The Oscars poster
The Oscars
1953
C ce soir poster
C ce soir
2021
Cérémonie des César poster
Cérémonie des César
1976

On the crew 14

The Voice of Hind Rajab poster
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025
Four Daughters poster
Four Daughters
2023
The Man Who Sold His Skin poster
The Man Who Sold His Skin
2021
Beauty and the Dogs poster
Beauty and the Dogs
2017
Love, Life & Everything in Between poster
Love, Life & Everything in Between
2022
The Blade of Tunis poster
The Blade of Tunis
2014
Wooden Hand poster
Wooden Hand
2013
I And the Stupid Boy poster
I And the Stupid Boy
2021
Sheikh's Watermelons poster
Sheikh's Watermelons
2018
Breach poster
Breach
2005
Zaineb Hates the Snow poster
Zaineb Hates the Snow
2016
Imams go to School poster
Imams go to School
2010
Me, My Sister and the Thing
2006
Mimesis