Férid Boughedir

Directing

Férid Boughedir

Birthplace
Tunis
Credits
13 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 5

YearTitleRole
2018 Of Skin and Men Film Mustapha
2016 Férid Boughedir: de l'Émotion Tunisienne au Rêve Universel Film
2014 Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab Film Self
1991 Sous les marches du palais Film Self
1987 Arab Camera Film Narrator

Crew credits 9

YearTitleJob
2016 Sweet Smell of Spring Film Director, Producer, Writer
2008 Villa Jasmin Film Director
1996 A Summer in La Goulette Film Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
1990 Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces Film Director, Writer
1987 Arab Camera Film Producer, Writer, Director
1983 Twenty Years of African Cinema Film Director, Writer
1972 In the Land of Tararani Film Director
1970 Eden and After Film First Assistant Director
1970 Unquiet Death Film Director, Writer
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