Kaouther Ben Hania
Directing
- Born
- August 27, 1977 (age 49) · Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
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 Voice of Hind Rajab
September 10, 2025
The Man Who Sold His Skin
March 15, 2021
Four Daughters
July 5, 2023
Beauty and the Dogs
October 18, 2017
I And the Stupid Boy
September 4, 2021
The Blade of Tunis
April 1, 2014
Zaineb Hates the Snow
June 8, 2016
Sheikh's Watermelons
September 23, 2018
Imams go to School
December 15, 2010
Breach
May 1, 2005
Wooden Hand
October 30, 2013
Behind the camera13
- 2025The Voice of Hind Rajab Director, Editor, Writer
- 2023Four Daughters Director, Editor, Writer
- 2021I And the Stupid Boy Director, Writer, Editor
- 2021The Man Who Sold His Skin Director, Writer
- 2018Sheikh's Watermelons Director, Screenplay
- 2017Beauty and the Dogs Director, Scenario Writer
- 2016Zaineb Hates the Snow Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2014The Blade of Tunis Writer, Director
- 2013Wooden Hand Screenplay, Director
- 2010