---
name: "Saïd Ben Saïd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/said-ben-said"
fi1m_id: "said-ben-said"
imdb_id: "nm0069963"
tmdb_id: 53206
wikidata_id: "Q3474778"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 July 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T02:26:01.602626+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Saïd Ben Saïd

## Identity

Saïd Ben Saïd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/said-ben-said
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** said-ben-said
- **IMDb ID:** nm0069963
- **TMDB ID:** 53206
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3474778
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C3%AFd_Ben_Sa%C3%AFd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3474778, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069963/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53206

Producer. Born 11 July 1966 in Tunis, Tunisia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 July 1966, Tunis, Tunisia
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Michel Merkt](https://film.one/person/michel-merkt.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C3%AFd_Ben_Sa%C3%AFd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3474778, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069963/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53206

## Coming up

- *The Man I Love* (2027-01-14), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Elle*](https://film.one/film/elle.md) (82)
- **MUBI:** [*Passages*](https://film.one/film/passages.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Saïd Ben Saïd is a Tunisian-French film producer. Born on 11 July 1966 in Tunis, he studied engineering in Paris and worked in that field before joining the film industry.

He began producing at UGC in 1996. In 2010 he founded SBS Productions, through which he has worked with directors including Paul Verhoeven on *Elle* (2016) and *Benedetta* (2021), David Cronenberg on *Maps to the Stars* (2014), Brian De Palma on *Passion* (2012), and Ira Sachs on *Passages* (2023). Other credits include *Carnage* (2011), *Bacurau* (2019) and *Aquarius* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Passages* (2023), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/passages.md)
- *Elle* (2016), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/elle.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Man I Love* (2027), Producer
- *The Diary of a Chambermaid* (2026), Producer
- *My Wife Cries* (2026), Co-Producer
- *Maigret and the Dead Lover* (2026), Producer
- *Cronenberg, à corps ouvert* (2025), Actor
- *Two Prosecutors* (2025), Presenter
- *Carol & Joy* (2025), Thanks
- *The Shrouds* (2025), Producer
- *Jim's Story* (2024), Producer
- *Auction* (2024), Producer
- *Last Summer* (2023), Producer
- *Passages* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/passages.md)
- *Good Mother* (2021), Producer
- *Tralala* (2021), Producer
- *Benedetta* (2021), Producer
- *The Spellbound* (2019), Producer
- *Bacurau* (2019), Producer
- *Frankie* (2019), Producer
- *Synonyms* (2019), Producer
- *Paul Sanchez Is Back!* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Place publique* (2018), Producer
- *Lover for a Day* (2017), Producer
- *Aquarius* (2016), Producer
- *Right Here Right Now* (2016), Producer
- *The Assignment* (2016), Producer
- *Elle* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/elle.md)
- *In the Shadow of Women* (2015), Producer
- *Valentin Valentin* (2015), Producer
- *Maps to the Stars* (2014), Producer
- *Jealousy* (2013), Producer
- *A Castle in Italy* (2013), Producer
- *Passion* (2013), Producer
- *Looking for Hortense* (2012), Producer
- *Carnage* (2011), Producer
- *Unforgivable* (2011), Producer
- *Love Crime* (2010), Producer
- *Lucky Luke* (2009), Producer
- *The Girl on the Train* (2009), Producer
- *Inju: The Beast in the Shadow* (2008), Producer
- *The Great Alibi* (2008), Producer
- *The Killer* (2008), Producer
- *Black Sun* (2007), Producer
- *The Witnesses* (2007), Producer
- *Family Hero* (2006), Producer
- *Lucky Luke and the Daltons* (2004), Producer
- *Ruby & Quentin* (2003), Producer
- *Far Away* (2001), Producer
- *Total Western* (2000), Producer
- *Sans Compter*, Producer
- *A Poet*, Producer
- *Nocturnal*, Producer
- *The German Cousin*, Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2016: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Elle*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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