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.
Cannes Film Festival
L'Œil d'or
Known For
Four Daughters
(2023)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Breach
(2005)
Director
Me, My Sister and the Thing
(2006)
Director
Imams go to School
(2010)
Director
The Blade of Tunis
(2013)
Director
Wooden Hand
(2013)
Director
Zaineb Hates the Snow
(2016)
Director
Beauty and the Dogs
(2017)
Director
Sheikh's Watermelons
(2018)
Director
The Man Who Sold His Skin
(2021)
Director
I And the Stupid Boy
(2021)
Director
Four Daughters
(2023)
Director
Writing
Breach
(2005)
Writer
Me, My Sister and the Thing
(2006)
Writer
Imams go to School
(2010)
Writer
The Blade of Tunis
(2013)
Writer
Wooden Hand
(2013)
Screenplay
Zaineb Hates the Snow
(2016)
Writer
Beauty and the Dogs
(2017)
Scenario Writer
Sheikh's Watermelons
(2018)
Screenplay
The Man Who Sold His Skin
(2021)
Writer
I And the Stupid Boy
(2021)
Writer
Four Daughters
(2023)
Writer
Camera
Editing