Tarak Ben Ammar
- Production
- June 12, 1949 · Tunis, Tunisia
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
- Life of Brian · Executive producer
- The Adolescent · Producer
- Sahara Cross · Delegated Producer
- Jesus of Nazareth · Producer
- The Boy with the Pink Pants · Producer
- White Lies · Executive producer
- Rush Hour 4 · Producer