Nouri Bouzid
Nouri Bouzid | |
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| نوري بوزيد | |
| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1986–2019 |
| Children | Leyla Bouzid |
| Awards | Tanit d'or (1986, 2006) Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought (2007) |
Nouri Bouzid (نوري بوزيد; born 1945) is a Tunisian film director and screenwriter, widely regarded as Tunisia's most prominent filmmaker and a pioneering figure in Maghreb cinema. Known for his unflinching exploration of taboo subjects in Arab society—including child sexual abuse, male prostitution, political repression, and religious extremism—Bouzid has directed nine feature films between 1986 and 2019.
His directorial debut Man of Ashes (1986) was selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the 1986 Cannes Film Festival and won the Tanit d'or at the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage. His film Golden Horseshoes was screened in the same Cannes section in 1989. In addition to directing, Bouzid is a prolific screenwriter who has contributed to several landmark Tunisian films by other directors, and he is also a published poet.