Naceur Ktari Explained

Naceur Ktari
Birth Date:17 May 1943
Birth Place:Sayada, Tunisia
Education:Paris
Nationality:Tunisian

Naceur Ktari (born 1943) is a filmmaker from Tunisia.

Early life and education

Ktari was born in Sayada in Tunisia on 17 May 1943. Ktari studied film in Paris and later in Rome. He worked as an assistant on Raiders of the Lost Ark when Steven Spielberg was filming in Tunisia in 1981.

Career

His first film which was partly funded in Libya was called The Ambassadors (Les Ambassadeurs}. This film won the Tanit d'or award in 1976 at the Carthage Film Festival.[1]

Ktari's second feature film was not made until 2000.[2] The film was titled Sweet and Bitter when distributed in English but was originally titled Be My Friend in French. The film gained the Tanit d'or bronze award.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Armes, Roy . Dictionary of African Filmmakers . 2000 . Indiana University Press . 397 . 0253351162 .
  2. News: 1e édition des Journées de Carthage pour les artistes tunisiens à l'étranger. October 11, 2018. Kapitalis.
  3. Web site: Sis mon Amie. Africultures.com . 30 December 2012.