Tunisian Film Director and Producer.

Nidhal Chatta is a Tunisian filmmaker born in 1958. His filmography includes many short movies such as "The lost horizon" (7 international awards) and five feature movies: "No man's love", his first feature (1999), "The Last Mirage" (2009), "Zero" (2013), "Mustafa Z." (2017), "Silentium" (2025).

Nidhal CHATTA is a former Loughborough University of Technology graduate (United Kingdom). He attended John STRASBERG's director course in Paris (Actor's Studio, the Real Stage), the French Institute of Cinema and advanced cinema workshops dealing in particular with ARRIFLEX cameras. Nidhal CHATTA directed the award-winning features "The Lost Horizon" and "Under the Sea of Sand" in collaboration with the late Terry FORRESTAL, stunt coordinator for Brazil, Indiana Jones, Braveheart, Titanic and Mike VALENTINE, UK's premier underwater photographer. He acted as Line Producer and Executive Producer on BBC's series "Between the Lines III", BBC's feature "All for the Love of You", UNEP's documentary project "Between Earth and Sea" and Anthony WALLER's "Nine Miles Down" a feature film produced by Seven Arts Pictures (London, Los Angeles). Nidhal CHATTA also collaborated with Universal Music in Paris as a director and co- producer and directed 125 commercial films dealing with advertising agencies such as Nelson McCann, J. Walter Thompson, DDB and Ogilvy. He directed a number of institutional films and a TV docudrama series entitled "Abu Dhabi Police Department" on behalf of the Ministry of Interior of Abu Dhabi. Nidhal CHATTA directed "The Last Mirage", a psychological thriller which action takes place during the second Iraki war, starring Jean-Marc BARR, Elisa TOVATI and Hishem ROSTOM. He recently produced and directed "Zero !", a TV documentary feature related to the history of the Zero number, a program financed by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of External Affairs Government of India and the OIF, French International Speaking Organization. And "Mustafa Z" (2017), his fourth feature (third feature drama).

Nidhal CHATTA is a BSc Hons graduate from Loughborough University (United Kingdom). He studied ecology and marine biology and later worked with Captain Cousteau's camera team, as a diver and a short films director.

He attended John STRASBERG's Actors Studio in Paris (The Real Stage) and directed 4 shorts including the multi-awarded "LOST HORIZON". His first feature "NO MAN'S LOVE", was directed in collaboration with Terry FORRESTAL in tandem with Mike VALENTINE, the UK's premier underwater director of photography.

Nidhal acted as Production Manager and Line Producer on the BBC series "Between the Lines III", the BBC feature "All for the Love of You", the UNEP documentary project "Between Earth and Sea" and Anthony WALLER's "Nine Miles Down". Nidhal CHATTA also collaborated as a director with Universal Music and several prestigious advertising agencies, such as Nelson McCann, J. Walter Thompson, DDB, BDDP and Ogilvy.

He was appointed as Technical Director and Project Coordinator by the United Nations Environmental Program, on the MedMPA project, which was implemented in 7 Mediterranean countries (2004-2005) and financed by the European Union.

NIDHAL directed a TV docudrama series entitled "ADPD" on behalf of the Ministry of Interior of Abu Dhabi (2008-2009).

He directed "THE LAST MIRAGE" (2009-2010), a feature film starring Jean-Marc BARR, Elisa TOVATI, and Tunisian actors Abdelmonem CHOUAYET and Hichem ROSTOM.

He produced and directed Zero "ZERO" (2013) a feature documentary exploring the Golden Age of Arab sciences and "MUSTAFA Z" (2016) which relates the nightmare of an ordinary man, a victim of Murphy's Law ‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong' yet who becomes a hero.

He recently directed "SILENTIUM", his latest feature, about the struggle of a young free-spirited woman, a rape victim, living in a Tunisian society deeply entrenched in its tribal and patriarchal values and beliefs.

In 2017, Nidhal launched the Nidhal Chatta Acting Studio, offering a specialized acting course teaching and exploring how to create characters for screen and television, and moreover, providing a tool kit to perform as a director at each stage of the filmmaking process. Students are shown how to make their performance work best for screen, while developing and extending their mental, emotional and physical range.


Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
► Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
► https://nidhalchatta.com/about/
► http://southbysouthwestfilms.com/team/nidhal-chatta.html
► JCC 2017 Catalog
Updated by Thierno DIA, 17 March 2026


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نضال شطا مخرج تونسي ولد سنة 1958. تشمل أفلامه السينمائية العديد من الأفلام
القصيرة مثل الأفق الضائع)سبع جوائز دولية(و أربعة أف ام طويلة: كول التراب، أول
) أفلامه الروائية) 2009 (, السراب الأخير) 2009 (، صفر) 2013 (, و مصطفى زاد) 2017

Source:
JCC 2017 Catalogue