
Kaouther Ben Hania
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday27 August 1977 (49 years old)
Place of birthSidi Bouzid, Tunisia
Known credits18
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.

The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025 · Director

The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025 · Editor

The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025 · Writer

Four Daughters
2023 · Director

Four Daughters
2023 · Editor

Four Daughters
2023 · Writer

Love, Life & Everything in Between
2022 · Director

I And the Stupid Boy
2021 · Writer

I And the Stupid Boy
2021 · Director

I And the Stupid Boy
2021 · Editor

The Man Who Sold His Skin
2021 · Director

The Man Who Sold His Skin
2021 · Writer

C ce soir
2021 · Self - Guest

Sheikh's Watermelons
2018 · Screenplay

Sheikh's Watermelons
2018 · Director

Beauty and the Dogs
2017 · Director

Beauty and the Dogs
2017 · Scenario Writer

Zaineb Hates the Snow
2016 · Director

Zaineb Hates the Snow
2016 · Director of Photography

Zaineb Hates the Snow
2016 · Writer

The Blade of Tunis
2014 · Writer

The Blade of Tunis
2014 · Director

Wooden Hand
2013 · Director

Wooden Hand
2013 · Screenplay

Imams go to School
2010 · Writer

Imams go to School
2010 · Director
Me, My Sister and the Thing
2006 · Writer
Me, My Sister and the Thing
2006 · Director

Breach
2005 · Writer

Breach
2005 · Director

Democracy Now!
2001 · Self

Cérémonie des César
1976 · Self - Presenter

The Oscars
1953 · Self
Mimesis
Director
Mimesis
Writer
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