Nejib Belkadhi

Nejib Belkadhi (; born May 13, 1976, in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian actor and director.

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 (Dancer of the Flame), a film by Selma Baccar, in 1995. He then starred in Mohamed Kouka's play Madrasat Nisaa(مدرسة النساء / The Women's School), however, Nejib's best success was in the series El Khottab Al Bab (الخطاب عالباب /Many Fiancees) appearing in both volumes 1 and 2 (1996–1998) 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 (شمس عليك ), 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 (ديما لا باس /Always fine), which was broadcast on the Canal21 TV channel.

He directed his first movie in 2005, a short film called Tsawer (تصاور/Pic), with a screenplay of Souad Ben Slimane.

VHS Kahloucha (2006), his first feature documentary film, was screened to great acclaim at international film festivals, including Cannes (2006), Philadelphia (2007), Sundance l (2007) and Dubai (2007), and it was his most successful work to date.

Filmography Actor Cinema

Television

Theater 1995: The Women's School by Mohamed Kouka

Director Cinema 2005: Tsawer (Pictures) (Short film) 2006: VHS Kahloucha (Documentary) 2013: Bastardo (English) (Feature film) 2014: Seven and a Half (Documentary) 2018: look at Me (film, 2018) (Feature film)

Television 1999–2001: Chams Alik on Canal Horizons+ 2002: Dima Labes on Canal 21 2008: Weld Ettalyena (Son of The Italian) (TV-Serial) 2020: The Host and The Tramp (Web-Serial)

TV shows 2013: Klem Ennas (People's Talk) of Lobna Noaman on El Hiwar El Tounsi : Guest of Episode 3 of Season 2 2014: : Nejib Belkadhi : "Bastardo is long awaited in Beyrouth" on TV5 Monde : Guest 2021: Fekret Sami Fehri of Hedy Zaiem on El Hiwar El Tounsi : Guest of Episode 9 of Season 3 Part 4

Producer 2006: The Tarzan of the Arabs (Feature Documentary) 2017: When The Sun Starts To Cry of Kais Mejri

Honours 2007: Knight of the Tunisian Order of Merit