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 , at the beginning of 2004, when he decided to distribute The ion 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 , 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.
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Filmography
all 59
Producer 56
Movies 55
TV Shows 4
self 2

The Body (2024)

The Equalizer 3 (2023)

Dampyr (2022)

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)

American Skin (2019)

Profumi d'Algeri (2015)

Black Gold (2011)

Outside the Law (2010)

Miral (2010)

Baaria (2009)

A Matador's Mistress (2008)

Virgin Territory (2007)

The Last Legion (2007)

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Chromophobia (2006)

Pope John Paul II (2005)

Nero (2004)

Imperium: Nero (2004)

Boys on the Run (2003)

Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream (2003)

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

Avenging Angelo (2002)

Femme Fatale (2002)

Michael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live in Munich (1997)

Foreign Student (1994)

Nobody's Children (1994)

Voyage (1993)

588 rue Paradis (1992)

Mother (1991)

The Other (1991)

On a Moonlit Night (1989)

Headstrong (1989)

Young Toscanini (1988)

A Boy from Calabria (1987)

Pirates (1986)

Bras de fer (1985)

A.D. (1985)

Misunderstood (1984)

La traviata (1982)

Shut Up When You Speak! (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Catherine and I (1980)

Rodriguez au pays des merguez (1980)

The Good Thief (1980)

Life of Brian (1979)

The Adolescent (1979)

Sahara Cross (1977)

Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

The Messiah (1975)

Death Rite (1975)

Leopardi & Co
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Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-06-12 (75 years old)
Birth Place
Tunis, Tunisia
Children
Sonia Ben Ammar
Father
Mondher Ben Ammar
Siblings
Hélé Béji
Citizenships
Tunisia, French protectorate of Tunisia
Residences
Paris,
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