Nejib Belkadhi
Nejib Belkadhi | |
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,_Tunis,_13_f%C3%A9vrier_2015.jpg) Nejib Belkadhi, February 2015. | |
| نجيب بلقاضي | |
| Born | 13 May 1972  Tunis, Tunisia |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Occupation | Actor, Director |
Nejib Belkadhi (Arabic: نجيب بلقاضي; born May 13, 1972 in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian actor and director.[1][2]
Education
He studied marketing and management at the Carthage High Commercial Studies Institute in Carthage, before he started a career in arts.[3]
Career
Nejib had his first acting role in Hbiba Msika (Dancer of the Flame), a film by Salma Baccar, in 1995. He then starred in Mohamed Kouka’s play Madrasat Nisaa(مدرسة النساء / The Women's School), however, Nejib's best success was in the series El Khottab Al Bab(الخطاب عالباب /Many Fiancees) appearing in both volumes 1 and 2 (1996-1998) for the director Slaheddine Essid.
Nejib Belkadhi began his career in directing during 1998 on the TV network Canal+ Horizons, covering the Carthage Film Festival, before creating the network's most successful TV show: Chams Alik (شمس عليك ), whose concept revolutionized the Tunisian TV scene. He conceived, produced and co-presented the show from 1999 to 2001.
In 2002, he founded Propaganda Productions, with his friend Imed Marzouk, and in 2003 he directed and produced a socio-critical fake reality show called Dima Lebess (ديما لا باس /Always fine), which was broadcast on the Canal21 TV channel.
He directed his first movie in 2005, a short film called Tsawer (تصاور/Pic), with a screenplay of Souad Ben Slimane.
VHS Kahloucha (2006), his first feature documentary film, was screened to great acclaim at international film festivals, including Cannes (2006), Philadelphia (2007), Sundance l (2007) and Dubai (2007), and it was his most successful work to date.[3]
His last movie, Bastardo, was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013.[2]
Filmography
Actor
Cinema
- 1994 : La Danse du feu by Salma Baccar: As Mimouni
- 2000 : The Season of Men by Moufida Tlatli
- 2000 : Demain, je brûle by Mohammed Ben Ismaïl
- 2002 : La Boîte magique by Ridha Béhi
- 2003 : Bedwin Hacker by Nadia El Fani
- 2015 : Ghasra (Short film) by Jamil Najjar
- 2017 : Whhen the sky starts To Scream by Kais Méjri
- 2017 : Astra by Nidhal Guiga
- 2018 : Regarde-moi by Nejib Belkadhi
Television
- 1996-1997 : El Khottab Al Bab by Slaheddine Essid
- 1998 : Il tesoro di Damasco by José María Sánchez
- 2004 : Loutil by Slaheddine Essid
- 2008 : Weld Ettalyena by Nejib Belkadhi
- 2015 : Lilet Chak by Majdi Smiri
- 2016 : Le Président by Jamil Najjar
- 2018 : Tej El Hadhra by Sami Fehri : As Général Osman
- 2019 : L'Affaire 460 by Majdi Smiri
Director
Cinema
- 2005: Tsawer (Short film)
- 2006: VHS Kahloucha (Documentary)
- 2013: Bastardo (English) (Feature film)
- 2014: Sept et demi (Documentary)
- 2018: Regarde-moi (Feature film)
Television
- 1999-2001: Chams Alik
- 2002: Dima Labess
- 2008: Weld Ettalyena
- 2020: L'Animatrice et le clochard
Honours
- 2007: Knight of the Tunisian Order of Merit[4]
References
- ^ "Nejib Belkadhi". tunisia-live.net (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Cinéma - Nejib Belkadhi : « "Regarde-moi" est avant tout une ode à la différence »". LE Point Alfrique. December 6, 2018.
- ^ a b "PARK CITY '07 INTERVIEW, Nejib Belkadhi". indiewire.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Decrees and orders" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia (in French) (51): 2223. 26 June 2007. ISSN 0330-7921. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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