Biography
A Tunisian film director, writer, critic and historian born in 1944 in Hammam-Lif, Tunisia. His film, Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces, is considered his most famous film and it won him the Golden Tanit Award at the 1990 Carthage Film Festival. He worked as a journalist in the magazine Jeune Afrique, in addition to his work as a professor at the University of Tunis. He has published several books on the history of African and Arab cinema. Many of his documentaries were shown at international festivals, the most important of which is the Cannes Film Festival, where the film Caméra d'Afrique was shown in 1983, as well as Caméra Arabe in 1987.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Sweet Smell of Spring
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
Sweet Smell of Spring
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2016
Sweet Smell of Spring
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2016
Villa Jasmin
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2008
A Summer in La Goulette
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1996
A Summer in La Goulette
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1996
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1990
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1990
Arab Camera
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1987
Arab Camera
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1987
Arab Camera
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987
Twenty Years of African Cinema
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
Twenty Years of African Cinema
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1983
In the Land of Tararani
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1972
Eden and After
Role: First Assistant Director
MOVIE • 1970
Unquiet Death
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1970
Unquiet Death
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1970