
Person
Baya Kasmi
Writing · Born 1978-01-01 · Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Biography
Born in Toulouse in 1978, Baya Kasmi began working with Michel Leclerc on a TV series about adolescence, Âge sensible (2002), before the screenplay for Le Nom des gens (2010), which is said to have been inspired by an autobiographical story, won a César award. The duo reformed to write La vie très privée de Monsieur Slim (2015) and La lutte des classes (2018). As a director, she first established herself successfully in a short format with J'aurais pu être une pute, nominated for a César in 2012 for Best Short Film, which revealed Vimala Pons alongside Bruno Podalydès. The young actress went on to play the lead role in Je suis à vous tout de suite (2015), the director's first feature film. She then went on to work as a scriptwriter (for example, with Thomas Lilti on Hippocrate and Médecin de campagne), and it was not until early 2023 that her second feature was released: Youssef Salem a du succès, starring Ramzy Bedia.
Known for

Molière, Cyrano and the Young King
Co-Writer
Histoires de vies
Scenario Writer

Mikado
Writer

Le Parfum du bonheur
Director

Not All Men, But...
Screenplay

Dog on Trial
Script Consultant

La Fine Équipe
Dom

Le Grand Bazar
Director

The Names of Love
Writer

Just to Be Sure
Writer
Filmography
- 2026Molière, Cyrano and the Young KingCo-Writer
- 2025Le Parfum du bonheurDirector
- 2025Not All Men, But...Screenplay
- 2024Dog on TrialScript Consultant
- 2024MikadoWriter
- 2023BambinoCathy
- 2023Le premier venuSara
- 2023The In(famous) Youssef SalemDirector
- 2022Not My TypeMme Pietri
- 2022Je t'aime, filme-moi !
- 2022Quand les bourgeois font leur cinémaSelf - Director
- 2019Le Grand BazarDirector
- 2019Battle of the ClassesMlle Delamarre
- 2019Father & SonsAgathe
- 2019SavageChristine, the mother
- 2018My GuySybille
- 2018SextapeLa Tante
- 2017Just to Be SureWriter
- 2016La Fine ÉquipeDom
- 2016The Country DoctorWriter
- 2015The Very Private Life of Mister SimScreenplay
- 2015I'm All YoursDirector
- 2014HippocratesScenario Writer
- 2011I Could've Been a HookerDirector
- 2010The Names of LoveWriter
- 2010Histoires de viesScenario Writer
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