a Tunisian director and producer, was born on March 2, 1947, in Kairouan. He earned his baccalaureate in 1968 before pursuing film studies at Paris 8 University, where he obtained a degree in 1976. He also earned a PhD in philosophy, with a focus on aesthetics, from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 1977. From 1978 to 1985, he taught temporarily at the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts while also dedicating himself to unconventional agriculture between 1978 and 2008. In 2008, he founded his own production company, Le Cinéaste Indépendant, to exclusively produce his films. In 2014, he began shooting his first feature film, The Sea Also Loves the Blues, which was completed in 2020 with a runtime of 1 hour and 38 minutes. In 2016, he directed his second film, This Reality That Eludes Me, which was finalized in 2020 with a runtime of 2 hours. That same year, he also directed When the Sea Seduces the Mountain (1 hour and 26 minutes). In 2022, he presented The Awakening of Instinct (1 hour and 30 minutes). In 2024, he embarked on writing and preparing a new film project.