Tarak Ben Ammar

Tarak Ben Ammar Arabic طارق بن عمار born June 12 1949 is a TunisianFrench 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 Chabrols Death Rite and JeanJacques Annauds Black Gold 2011 Qatari film Ben Ammar became wellknown 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 Jacksons 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 modelsinger 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 CCBYSA 30