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.
Directed 12
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
I And the Stupid Boy
Director
2010s
- 2018
Sheikh's Watermelons
Director
- 2017
Beauty and the Dogs
Director
- 2016
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Director
- 2014
- 2013
Wooden Hand
Director
- 2010
Imams go to School
Director
2000s
- 2005
Breach
Director
Wrote 11
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
- 2021
I And the Stupid Boy
Writer
2010s
- 2018
Sheikh's Watermelons
Screenplay
- 2017
Beauty and the Dogs
Scenario Writer
- 2016
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Writer
- 2014
- 2013
Wooden Hand
Screenplay
- 2010
Imams go to School
Writer
2000s
- 2005
Breach
Writer
Edited 3
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
- 2021
I And the Stupid Boy
Editor
Camera 1
2010s
- 2016
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Director of Photography
Appearances4
2020s
- 2021
2000s
- 2001
1950s
- 1953
