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| Nejib Belkadhi | |
| Native Name: | نجيب بلقاضي |
| Native Name Lang: | Arabic |
| Caption: | Belkadhi in February 2015. |
| Birth Place: | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Nationality: | Tunisian |
| Occupation: | Actor, director |
Nejib Belkadhi (Arabic: نجيب بلقاضي; born May 13, 1976, in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian actor and director.[1] [2]
He studied marketing and management at the Carthage High Commercial Studies Institute in Carthage, before he started a career in arts.[3]
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.[3]
His last movie, Bastardo, was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013.[2]
During Ramadan 2019, he played one of the main roles in the series L'Affaire 460 by Majdi Smiri.[4]