Director

Houda Benyamina

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 2All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 1609917

IMDb ID: nm3997700

Known for: Directing

Born: November 30, 1980

Age: 45

Place of birth: Viry-Châtillon, France

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2011 - 2025

Years active: 15

Average TMDB rating: 7.15

Wikidata: Q4002575

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Biography

Houda Benyamina (born 30 November 1980) is a French-Moroccan director and screenwriter. She was born in Viry-Châtillon, France, to a Moroccan family. Her younger sister Oulaya Amamra is an actress. Benyamina's debut feature film Divines was critically acclaimed. It was an official selection of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and received the Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or. Among other accolades were three César Awards (including Best First Feature Film) and four other nominations, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, a Munich Film Festival CineVision Award, and two Lumières trophies.