Nouri Bouzid (born 1945) is a Tunisian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He has directed seven films between 1986 and 2006. His film ''

Man of Ashes ''Man of Ashes'' ( ar, ريح السد, translit. Rih essed) is a 1986 Tunisian drama film directed by Nouri Bouzid. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Khadija Abaoub * Sarra Abdel ...

'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section the

1986 Cannes Film Festival The 39th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 1986. The Palme d'Or went to '' The Mission'' by Roland Joffé. The festival opened with ''Pirates'', directed by Roman Polanski and closed with ''El Amor brujo'', directed by Carlos Saura. ...

. Three years later, his film '' Golden Horseshoes'' was screened in the same section at the 1989 festival. Bouzid was featured in a 2009 documentary film about the experience of cinema in different cultures called ''

Cinema Is Everywhere ''Cinema is Everywhere'' is a 2011 documentary film by writer, director and cinematographer Teal Greyhavens that weaves together three stories from India, Scotland and Tunisia, each featuring personal perspectives on the effects of local, regional ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1986) * '' Golden Horseshoes'' (1989) * ''

Bezness Bezness (Arabic: بزناس) is a Tunisian film directed by Nouri Bouzid in 1992. Synopsis Fred, a photographer, is in Tunisia to report on the « Bezness » (Male prostitution, male prostitutes). Thanks to Roufa, Fred will discover this surpr ...

'' (1992) * ''

Un été à La Goulette ''A Summer in La Goulette'' (french: Un été à La Goulette, ar, صيف حلق الوادي, ṣayf Ḥalq el-Wādī) is a 1996 film by Tunisian director Férid Boughedir. It is a narrative of how intercommunal relations deteriorated in cosmopo ...

'' (1996 - writer) * ''

Bent Familia ''Bent Familia'' is a 1997 drama set in Tunisia about Amina (Leila Nassim) a married Muslim woman living in Tunis with her two daughters. Even though she is allowed certain freedoms as a Muslim woman this is curtailed when she meets her old fri ...

'' (1997) * ''

The Season of Men ''The Season of Men'' ( ar, موسم الرجال , translit. ''Maussim al-rijal'', french: La saison des hommes) is a 2000 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Moufida Tlatli. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 ...

'' (2000 - writer) * ''

Making of In cinema, behind-the-scenes (BTS), also known as the making-of, the set, or on the set, is a type of documentary film that features the production of a film or television program. This is often referred to as the EPK (electronic press kit) vid ...

'' (2006)

Awards

*The

Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought The Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought (german: Ibn-Ruschd-Preis für freies Denken; ) is a prestigious prize awarded in Germany which recognises independent, forward-thinking, individuals or organisations who have contributed to democracy and ...

for the year 2007 in Berlin.

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* 1945 births Living people People from Sfax Tunisian film directors Tunisian screenwriters {{Tunisia-film-director-stub