Born in Tunis, he began working at a very young age as a second camera assistant on a number of Tunisian and international films. In 2002, he enrolled at the Nuova Universita di Cinema e Televisione di Cinecittà – in Rome, where he received formal training in cinematography under Franco Di Giacomo, Giuseppe Pinori and Tarek Ben Abdallah.
After returning to Tunis, he worked on numerous projects. As a camera operator, his credits include Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktuand Nabil Ayouch’s Much Lovedand Razzia. His debut as a cinematographer was on Alaeddine Slim’s The Last of Us, which won the Award for Best Technical Contribution at the Venice International Critics’ Week and the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival. Since then, he has shot several films, including Nabil Ayouch’s Casablanca Beats (Official Competition, Cannes), Abdelmohsen Aldhabaan’s The Last Visit (Jury Prize, Marrakech International Film Festival), and Alaeddine Slim’s Tlamess (Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes) and Agora (Green Leopard, Locarno Film Festival). Il suo esordio come direttore della fotografia è stato per The Last of Us di Alaeddine Slim, vincitore del premio miglior contributo tecnico alla Settimana della Critica e del Leone del Futuro alla Mostra del Cinema di Venezia.Da allora ha firmato la fotografia di vari film, tra i quali Casablanca Beats di Nabil Ayouch (in concorso ufficiale a Cannes), The Last Visit di Abdelmohsen Aldhabaan (Premio della Giuria al Festival del Cinema di Marrakech), «Tlamess(Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) e AgoradiAlaeddine Slim (Pardo Verde al Festival del Cinema di Locarno). Edoardo Gabriellini’s Holiday marked his first Italian feature film. He went on to shoot Gabriellini’s La città dei vivi, which is competing in the Orizzonti section of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
