Tarak Ben Ammar
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- June 12, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- 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
The Boy with the Pink Pants
Movie · Producer
White Lies
Movie · Executive Producer
Rush Hour 4
Movie · Producer
Mutiny
Movie · Executive Producer
Caught Stealing
Movie · Executive Producer
The Equalizer 3
Movie · Executive Producer
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Movie · Executive Producer
American Skin
Movie · Producer
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
TV · Executive Producer · 10 eps
Black Gold
Movie · Producer
Where Do We Go Now?
Movie · Co-Producer
Outside the Law
Movie · Producer
Miral
Movie · Co-Producer
Baaria
Movie · Co-Producer
A Matador's Mistress
Movie · Producer
Hannibal Rising
Movie · Producer
The Last Legion
Movie · Producer
Virgin Territory
Movie · Producer
Chromophobia
Movie · Producer
Pope John Paul II
TV · Associate Producer · 2 eps
Boys on the Run
Movie · Producer
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Movie · Executive Producer
Femme Fatale
Movie · Producer
Avenging Angelo
Movie · Producer
Knights of the Quest
Movie · Co-Producer
Michael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live in Munich
Movie · Executive Producer
Time
Movie · Co-Producer
Foreign Student
Movie · Executive Producer
Nobody's Children
Movie · Executive Producer
Voyage
Movie · Producer
588 rue Paradis
Movie · Producer
The Dove's Lost Necklace
Movie · Producer
Mother
Movie · Producer
The Other
Movie · Producer
Headstrong
Movie · Producer
On a Moonlit Night
Movie · Producer
Young Toscanini
Movie · Producer
A Boy from Calabria
Movie · Associate Producer
Pirates
Movie · Producer
A.D.
TV · Producer · 5 eps
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Movie · Producer
Misunderstood
Movie · Producer
More Beautiful Than Me You Die
Movie · Producer
La traviata
Movie · Producer
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Movie · Producer
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie · Production Coordinator
Quando la coppia scoppia
Movie · Producer
Faut s'les faire !... Ces légionnaires
Movie · Executive Producer
Catherine and I
Movie · Co-Producer
Rodriguez au pays des merguez
Movie · Executive Producer
The Good Thief
Movie · Executive Producer
Life of Brian
Movie · Executive Producer
The Adolescent
Movie · Producer
Sahara Cross
Movie · Delegated Producer
Jesus of Nazareth
TV · Producer · 4 eps