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Tarak Ben Ammar
Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn June 12, 1949 (76 years)
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.
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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| 2025 | Caught Stealing · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Americanish · as Executive Producer |
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| 2018 | The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2011 | Where Do We Go Now? · as Co-Producer |
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| 2005 | Pope John Paul II (TV Series) · as Associate Producer |
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| 2002 | Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever · as Executive Producer |
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| 2001 | The Knights of the Quest · as Co-Producer |
| 1997 | Michael Jackson: HIStory Live · as Executive Producer |
| 1994 | Foreign Student · as Executive Producer |
| 1994 | Nobody's Children · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Le nombril du monde · as Associate Producer |
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| 1987 | A Boy from Calabria · as Associate Producer |
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| 1985 | A.D. - Anno Domini (TV Series) |
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| 1983 | Le grand carnaval · as Executive Producer |
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| 1980 | Io e Caterina · as Co-Producer |
| 1980 | The Good Thief · as Executive Producer |
| 1979 | Monty Python's Life of Brian · as Executive Producer |
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| 1978 | Général... nous voilà! · as Executive Producer |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth (TV Series) |
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