Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (born in 1947, Tunis) is a Tunisian film writer
and producer.Mahmoud was born in 1947 in Tunis, Tunisia, to a family
of Turkish origin who had settled in Tunisia in 1710. His father was a
theologian and amateur artist and writer, which, to an extent,
influenced the personality of the young Mahmoud. He studied at the
INSAS Belgian school of cinema where he completed his graduation in
field of filming. Later, he studied art history, archeology and
journalism at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). These
multidisciplinary studies gave him a solid training to face the field
of cinema.He first tried to make it as a film writer by participating
in the writing of two films: The Son of Amr's death (Le Fils d'Amr est
mort) of Jean-Jacques Andrien and Kfar Kassem of Borhane Alaoui. Soon
after, Mahmoud made his first feature film Crossings (Traversées) in
1982. His second feature film, released in 1992, Chichkhan, Diamond
Dust (Chichkhan, poussière de diamant) was selected for Directors'
Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Mahmoud has also released a
number of documentary films between 1992 and 2006, such as: Italiani
dell'altra riva (1992), Anastasia de Bizerte (1996), Albert
Samama-Chikli (1996), Ennejma Ezzahra (1998), The Thousand and One
Voices (2001), Fadhel Jaibi, a Theatre in Freedom (2003) and The Beys
of Tunis, a colonial monarchy in turmoil (Les Beys de Tunis, une
monarchie dans la tourmente)(2006). Meanwhile, he has still continued
to make films that have marked his film career success, such as Naps
grenadines which was released in 2003.
and producer.Mahmoud was born in 1947 in Tunis, Tunisia, to a family
of Turkish origin who had settled in Tunisia in 1710. His father was a
theologian and amateur artist and writer, which, to an extent,
influenced the personality of the young Mahmoud. He studied at the
INSAS Belgian school of cinema where he completed his graduation in
field of filming. Later, he studied art history, archeology and
journalism at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). These
multidisciplinary studies gave him a solid training to face the field
of cinema.He first tried to make it as a film writer by participating
in the writing of two films: The Son of Amr's death (Le Fils d'Amr est
mort) of Jean-Jacques Andrien and Kfar Kassem of Borhane Alaoui. Soon
after, Mahmoud made his first feature film Crossings (Traversées) in
1982. His second feature film, released in 1992, Chichkhan, Diamond
Dust (Chichkhan, poussière de diamant) was selected for Directors'
Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Mahmoud has also released a
number of documentary films between 1992 and 2006, such as: Italiani
dell'altra riva (1992), Anastasia de Bizerte (1996), Albert
Samama-Chikli (1996), Ennejma Ezzahra (1998), The Thousand and One
Voices (2001), Fadhel Jaibi, a Theatre in Freedom (2003) and The Beys
of Tunis, a colonial monarchy in turmoil (Les Beys de Tunis, une
monarchie dans la tourmente)(2006). Meanwhile, he has still continued
to make films that have marked his film career success, such as Naps
grenadines which was released in 2003.
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