Nejib Belkadhi


Nejib Belkadhi is a Tunisian actor and director.
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Education

He studied marketing and management at the Carthage High Commercial Studies Institute in Carthage, before he started a career in arts.

Career

Nejib had his first acting role in Hbiba Msika, a film by Selma Baccar, in 1995. He then starred in Mohamed Kouka's play Madrasat Nisaa, however, Nejib's best success was in the series El Khottab Al Bab appearing in both volumes 1 and 2 for the director Slaheddine Essid.
Nejib Belkadhi began his career in directing during 1998 on the TV network Canal+ Horizons, covering the Carthage Film Festival, before creating the network's most successful TV show: Chams Alik, whose concept revolutionized the Tunisian TV scene. He conceived, produced and co-presented the show from 1999 to 2001.
In 2002, he founded Propaganda Productions, with his friend Imed Marzouk, and in 2003 he directed and produced a socio-critical fake reality show called Dima Lebess, which was broadcast on the Canal21 TV channel.
He directed his first movie in 2005, a short film called Tsawer, with a screenplay of Souad Ben Slimane.
VHS Kahloucha, his first feature documentary film, was screened to great acclaim at international film festivals, including Cannes, Philadelphia, Sundance l and Dubai, and it was his most successful work to date.
His last movie, Bastardo, was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013.
During Ramadan 2019, he played one of the main roles in the series L'Affaire 460 by Majdi Smiri.

Filmography

Actor

Theater

  • 1995: The Women's School by Mohamed Kouka

Director

Cinema

Television

  • 1999–2001: Chams Alik on Canal Horizons+
  • 2002: Dima Labes on Canal 21
  • 2008: Weld Ettalyena
  • 2020: ''The Host and The Tramp''

TV shows

Producer

  • 2006: The Tarzan of the Arabs
  • 2017: When The Sun Starts To Cry of Kais Mejri

Honours