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Mehdi Ben Attia

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  • Director
  • Actor
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Mehdi Ben Attia
Mehdi Ben Attia was born in 1968 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is a writer and director, known for The String (2009), Of Skin and Men (2017) and En face (1999).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

    Known for

    The String (2009)
    The String
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 2009
    Of Skin and Men (2017)
    Of Skin and Men
    4.9
    • Writer(as Medhi Ben Attia)
    • 2017
    En face (1999)
    En face
    7.0
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1999
    Je ne suis pas mort (2012)
    Je ne suis pas mort
    6.9
    • Writer(adaptation, dialogue)
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Too Many Beasts (2026)
      Too Many Beasts
      6.9
      • collaboration
      • 2026
    • L'âge d'or (2026)
      L'âge d'or
      6.2
      • screenplay
      • 2026
    • Amr Waked, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, and Alexis Manenti in L'étrangère (2025)
      L'étrangère
      6.9
      • writer
      • 2025
    • Stanislas Merhar and Laura Smet in Faux Frères (2019)
      Faux Frères
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Of Skin and Men (2017)
      Of Skin and Men
      4.9
      • screenplay (as Medhi Ben Attia)
      • 2017
    • Je ne suis pas mort (2012)
      Je ne suis pas mort
      6.9
      • screenplay (adaptation, dialogue)
      • 2012
    • Unforgivable (2011)
      Unforgivable
      5.8
      • scenario
      • 2011
    • The String (2009)
      The String
      6.6
      • screenplay
      • 2009
    • La vie privée (2006)
      La vie privée
      4.1
      • Writer
      • 2006
    • Groupe flag (2002)
      Groupe flag
      6.5
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2004–2005
    • Faudel in Sami (2002)
      Sami
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2003
    • Stéphane Rideau in Loin (2001)
      Loin
      6.7
      • scenario collaborator
      • 2001
    • En face (1999)
      En face
      7.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1999

    Director

    • Of Skin and Men (2017)
      Of Skin and Men
      4.9
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Je ne suis pas mort (2012)
      Je ne suis pas mort
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2012
    • The String (2009)
      The String
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2009
    • En face (1999)
      En face
      7.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 1999

    Actor

    • Jimmy Rivière (2011)
      Jimmy Rivière
      5.4
      • Le conseiller
      • 2011
    • The String (2009)
      The String
      6.6
      • Le médecin
      • 2009
    • La vie privée (2006)
      La vie privée
      4.1
      • Luigi
      • Tomas
      • 2006
    • En face (1999)
      En face
      7.0
      Short
      • Le fiancé
      • 1999

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Medhi Ben Attia
    • Born
      • 1968
      • Tunis, Tunisia

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