Known For
Production
Born
Jun 12, 1949
Place of Birth
Tunis, Tunisia
Credits
57 titles
Tarak Ben Ammar
Biography
Tarak Ben Ammar (Arabic: طارق بن عمّار; born June 12, 1949) is a Tunisian-French film producer and distributor; the owner of French production and distribution company Quinta Communications. He is famous for his interest in artistic movies, especially when they are related to Mediterranean culture or require North African locations. His producing credits include the Franco Zeffirelli film adaptation of La Traviata, Claude Chabrol's Death Rite, and Jean-Jacques Annaud's Black Gold (2011 Qatari film). Ben Ammar became well-known in France, at the beginning of 2004, when he decided to distribute The Passion of The Christ after everybody else declined. He appeared on television talk shows, defending the movie. He is also known as the advisor of international investor Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, and French businessman Vincent Bolloré. He was formerly a manager of Michael Jackson's HIStory World Tour. Ben Ammar was born in Tunis, Tunisia; to a French Catholic mother of Corsican descent who converted to Islam, and to a Tunisian Muslim father. He was raised Muslim. He is the brother of writer Hélé Béji. His aunt Wassila Ben Ammar was the wife of the first President of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba. Ben Ammar resides in France, with two of his three sons, Neil and Tarak Jr., and his model-singer daughter Sonia Ben Ammar, from his marriage to actress Beata (née Sonczuk) who is of Polish descent. Source: Article "Tarak Ben Ammar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Mutiny
Executive Producer
Caught Stealing
Executive Producer
The Equalizer 3
Executive Producer
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Executive Producer
American Skin
Producer
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Executive Producer
Le triomphe inattendu de Ben-Hur Marcel
Self
Black Gold
Producer
Where Do We Go Now?
Co-Producer
Outside the Law
Producer
Miral
Co-Producer
Baaria
Co-Producer
A Matador's Mistress
Producer
Virgin Territory
Producer
The Last Legion
Producer
Hannibal Rising
Producer
Chromophobia
Producer
Pope John Paul II
Associate Producer
Boys on the Run
Producer
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
Self
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Executive Producer
Avenging Angelo
Producer
Femme Fatale
Producer
Knights of the Quest
Co-Producer
Michael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live in Munich
Executive Producer
Time
Co-Producer
Foreign Student
Executive Producer
Nobody's Children
Executive Producer
Voyage
Producer
The Dove's Lost Necklace
Producer
588 rue Paradis
Producer
Mother
Producer
The Other
Producer
On a Moonlit Night
Producer
Headstrong
Producer
Young Toscanini
Producer
A Boy from Calabria
Associate Producer
Pirates
Producer
A.D.
Producer
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Producer
Misunderstood
Producer
More Beautiful Than Me You Die
Producer
La traviata
Producer
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Producer
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Production Coordinator
Faut s'les faire !... Ces légionnaires
Executive Producer
Quando la coppia scoppia
Producer
Catherine and I
Co-Producer
Rodriguez au pays des merguez
Executive Producer
The Good Thief
Executive Producer