Fadhel Jaziri

Directing

Birthplace: Tunis, Tunisia

Fadhel Jaziri was born in the medina of the Tunisian capital in 1948 to an upper-middle-class family who used to run a fez-making business. He started his career by acting on the stage, cofounding the theatrical group of Gafsa known in French as “Théâtre du Sud”. Later, he became a director of film and television.