Moncef Dhouib
Moncef Dhouib (born 1952 in Sfax) is a Tunisian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer and puppeteer. He is a recipient of the FESPACO award. After making four notable short films in the 1980s he made The Sultan of the City (Soltane El Medina) (1993) and The TV arrives (Talfaza Jaya) (2006).
Moncef Dhouib
- Name
- Moncef Dhouib
- Born
- 1952
- Birthplace
- Sfax
- Occupation
- director. actor. screenwriter. producer. puppeteer.
- Nationality
- French protectorate of Tunisia · Tunisia
- Education
- Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
- Languages
- French
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Moncef Dhouib (born 1952 in Sfax) is a Tunisian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer and puppeteer. He is a recipient of the FESPACO award. After making four notable short films in the 1980s he made The Sultan of the City (Soltane El Medina) (1993) and The TV arrives (Talfaza Jaya) (2006).
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Moncef Dhouib (born 1952) is an actor, film director and marionetteist, among other activities, a national of the French protectorate of Tunisia and Tunisia. The actor was born in Sfax. Moncef Dhouib was educated at Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Moncef Dhouib • Born — 1952 • Birthplace — Sfax • Occupation — director. actor. screenwriter. producer. puppeteer. • Notable Works — Talfaza Jaya
Biography
Biography
He studied at the University of Paris 3. He organized giant puppet shows. In 2014, he wrote a book titled Le roi et les trois buffles.
Actor
Actor
He played the role of the maid in 1983 in the film Misunderstood.
Director
Director
He directed a series of short films in 1980. • 1986: Hammam D'hab written by Hedi Abassi. • 1989: El hadhra. • 1992: Soltane El Medina (The Sultan of The City) produced by Ahmed Baha. • 1995: Tourba. • 1999: Les siestes grenadine (Grenadine naps) directed by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud. • 2006: He produced and directed the comedy film Talfza Jaya produced by Manara productions.
Theater
Theater
He also wrote three solo performances that achieved great success in Tunisia: • 1993: Makki and Zakia and Fi hak Essardouk Enraychou (one man show) performed by Lamine Nahdi (each of them was performed for more than six years). • 2008: Mme Kenza performed by Wajiha Jendoubi. • Manseya Fe Al Entekhabet Al Re2aseya (Forgot in the Presidential elections) performed by Naima El Jeni.
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scholarly publication
- Chapter Eight. Inventing the Postcolonial nation/Constructing a usable Past: The TV Is Coming (Moncef Dhouib, 2006), New Tunisian Cinema, 2014
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2014
- Images of another Tunisia: a film trilogy by Moncef Dhouib, The Journal of North African Studies, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
reference work
- “Moncef Dhouib”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3320441: Moncef Dhouib
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Awards
He received the Award of the Best short film at the 7th African Film Festival in Milan, Italy.
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Chapter Eight. Inventing the Postcolonial nation/Constructing a usable Past: The TV Is Coming (Moncef Dhouib, 2006), New Tunisian Cinema, 2014Crossref registry
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Images of another Tunisia: a film trilogy by Moncef Dhouib, The Journal of North African Studies, 2002Crossref registry
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