Personal Info
Birthday
August 27, 1977
Place of Birth
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
Known For
Directing
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.
Directed Movies (12)
8.1
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Movie2025
7.4
Four Daughters
Movie2023
3.3
Love, Life & Everything in Between
TV Series2022
6.1
I And the Stupid Boy
Movie2021
6.6
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Movie2021
7.0
Sheikh's Watermelons
Movie2018
7.0
Beauty and the Dogs
Movie2017
No Backdrop
7.8
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Movie2016
6.1
The Blade of Tunis
Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0
Wooden Hand
Movie2013
5.0
Imams go to School
Movie2010
No Backdrop
0.0
Breach
Movie2005
