Tarak Ben Ammar
Born: 1949-06-12 in Tunis, Tunisia
Known For: Production
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.
Filmography
2025
- Caught Stealing ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- The Equalizer 3 ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- American Skin ... (Producer)
2018
- The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair ... (Executive Producer)
2014
2011
- Black Gold ... (Producer)
- Where Do We Go Now? ... (Co-Producer)
2010
- Miral ... (Co-Producer)
- Outside the Law ... (Producer)
2009
- Baaria ... (Co-Producer)
2008
- A Matador's Mistress ... (Producer)
2007
- Virgin Territory ... (Producer)
- The Last Legion ... (Producer)
- Hannibal Rising ... (Producer)
2006
- Chromophobia ... (Producer)
2005
- Pope John Paul II ... (Associate Producer)
2003
- Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream as Self
- Boys on the Run ... (Producer)
2002
- Femme Fatale ... (Producer)
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever ... (Executive Producer)
- Avenging Angelo ... (Producer)
2001
- Knights Of The Quest ... (Co-Producer)
1997
- Michael Jackson - HIStory Live ... (Executive Producer)
1995
- Time ... (Co-Producer)
1994
- Foreign Student ... (Executive Producer)
- Nobody's Children ... (Executive Producer)
1993
- Voyage ... (Producer)
1992
- 588 rue Paradis ... (Producer)
1989
- On a Moonlit Night ... (Producer)
- Headstrong ... (Producer)
1988
- Young Toscanini ... (Producer)
1987
- A Boy from Calabria ... (Associate Producer)
1986
- Pirates ... (Producer)
1985
- A.D. ... (Producer)
1983
- Misunderstood ... (Producer)
1982
- Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ ... (Producer)
- La traviata ... (Producer)
- Plus beau que moi tu meurs ... (Producer)
1981
- Raiders of the Lost Ark ... (Production Coordinator)
- Quando la coppia scoppia ... (Producer)
1980
- Catherine and I ... (Co-Producer)
- The Good Thief ... (Executive Producer)
- Rodriguez au pays des merguez ... (Executive Producer)
1979
- The Adolescent ... (Producer)
- Life of Brian ... (Executive Producer)
1977
- Jesus of Nazareth ... (Producer)
- Sahara Cross ... (Delegated Producer)