Kaouther Ben Hania
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia

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.

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I And the Stupid Boy (2021)
Director | Writer | Editor
The Man Who Sold His Skin (2021)
Director | Writer
Sheikh's Watermelons (2018)
Director | Screenplay
Beauty and the Dogs (2017)
Director | Scenario Writer
The Blade of Tunis (2013)
Director | Writer
Wooden Hand (2013)
Director | Screenplay
Me, My Sister and the Thing (2006)
Director | Writer
Breach (2005)
Director | Writer