Kaouther Ben Hania
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 27, 1977
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Mimesis
Mimesis TBA
Director, Writer
The Voice of Hind Rajab 2025
Director, Editor, Writer
Four Daughters 2023
Director, Editor, Writer
I And the Stupid Boy 2021
Writer, Director, Editor
The Man Who Sold His Skin 2021
Director, Writer
Sheikh's Watermelons 2018
Screenplay, Director
Beauty and the Dogs 2017
Director, Scenario Writer
Zaineb Hates the Snow 2016
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The Blade of Tunis 2014
Writer, Director
Wooden Hand 2013
Director, Screenplay
Imams go to School 2010
Writer, Director
- Me, My Sister and the Thing
Me, My Sister and the Thing 2006
Writer, Director
Breach 2005
Writer, Director
Credits from TMDB.