Tarak Ben Ammar
Production
Born 1949-06-12
Tunis, Tunisia
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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.
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Filmography
Producing
51 credits
The Equalizer 3
The Adolescent
Caught Stealing
Virgin Territory
Jesus of Nazareth
Life of Brian
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
The Last Legion
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Femme Fatale
Black Gold
A.D.
Avenging Angelo
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Pirates
Baaria
Pope John Paul II
Michael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live in Munich
American Skin
The Other
Hannibal Rising
Where Do We Go Now?
Mother
Chromophobia
A Matador's Mistress
Miral
Outside the Law
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
588 rue Paradis
La traviata
Knights of the Quest
Rush Hour 4
The Good Thief
More Beautiful Than Me You Die
Young Toscanini
Catherine and I
Foreign Student
The Dove's Lost Necklace
White Lies
On a Moonlit Night
Voyage
Misunderstood
Boys on the Run
Headstrong
Time
Quando la coppia scoppia
Nobody's Children
A Boy from Calabria
Rodriguez au pays des merguez
Faut s'les faire !... Ces légionnaires
The Boy with the Pink Pants
Acting
4 credits
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
Sahara Cross
Le triomphe inattendu de Ben-Hur Marcel
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