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.

Directing

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

Editing

2025		The Voice of Hind Rajab...Editor
2023		Four Daughters...Editor
2021		I And the Stupid Boy...Editor

Writing

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

Camera

2016

Zaineb Hates the Snow...Director of Photography

Acting

2021		C ce soir, le débatas Self - Guest
1976		Cérémonie des Césaras Self - Presenter
1953		The Oscarsas Self