Director

Kaouther Ben Hania

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 1All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 1381379

IMDb ID: nm4141599

Known for: Directing

Born: August 27, 1977

Age: 48

Place of birth: Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2025

Years active: 73

Average TMDB rating: 7.2

Wikidata: Q30005402

Also known as

كوثر بن هنية • Каутер Бен Ханья

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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.