Férid Boughedir

Birthplace: Tunis

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.

Known For

Arab Camera
A Summer in La Goulette
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
In the Land of Tararani
Eden and After
Sweet Smell of Spring
Villa Jasmin
Of Skin and Men
Unquiet Death
Twenty Years of African Cinema

Top Movie Credits

Arab Camera Director
A Summer in La Goulette Adaptation
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces Writer
In the Land of Tararani Director
Eden and After First Assistant Director
Sweet Smell of Spring Writer
Villa Jasmin Director
Of Skin and Men Mustapha
Unquiet Death Writer
Twenty Years of African Cinema Writer