Baya Kasmi
Writing
- Born
- January 1, 1978 (age 48) · Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
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.
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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
Hippocrates
September 3, 2014
The Names of Love
November 24, 2010
Battle of the Classes
April 3, 2019
The Country Doctor
March 23, 2016
Just to Be Sure
September 6, 2017
The In(famous) Youssef Salem
January 18, 2023
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
December 16, 2015
Dog on Trial
September 11, 2024
I'm All Yours
September 30, 2015
Not My Type
June 22, 2022
Not All Men, But...
April 16, 2025
Mikado
August 29, 2024
Behind the camera16
- 2026Molière, Cyrano and the Young King Co-Writer
- 2025Not All Men, But... Screenplay
- 2024Dog on Trial Script Consultant
- 2024Mikado Director, Writer
- 2023Le premier venu Screenplay
- 2023The In(famous) Youssef Salem Director, Writer
- 2022Not My Type Screenplay
- 2019Battle of the Classes Screenplay
- 2017Just to Be Sure Writer
- 2016The Country Doctor