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Tarak Ben Ammar

Tarak Ben Ammar

Producer, also actor · Born June 12, 1949 (77) · Tunis, Tunisia

BAFTA Award nominee

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.

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Born
June 12, 1949 (77)
From
Tunis, Tunisia
Works as
Producer, also actor
Titles
39 on MovieCove · 64 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26

What are Tarak Ben Ammar's films like?

Across their 36 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
26%
Bonds
20%
Self
18%
Society
16%
Survival
8%
Power
8%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 8 · Dark 13

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 12 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 16 · Intense 14

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 20 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 16 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 13 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 11

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Melancholic
16
Absurd
8
Joyful
7
Romantic
6
Other
38

How their films linger

Fun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tarak Ben Ammar's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 39 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tarak Ben Ammar's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

64 credits, 39 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Caught Stealing(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Leopardi&Co.(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Body(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Boy with Pink Trousers(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Equalizer 3(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Dampyr(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Americanish(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • American Skin(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Day of the Falcon(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Where Do We Go Now?(2011)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Outside the Law(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Miral(2010)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Baaria(2009)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • A Matador's Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Producer

  • Virgin Territory(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Last Legion(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Hannibal Rising(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Chromophobia(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Pope John Paul II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Associate Producer

  • Nero(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Boys on the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Avenging Angelo(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Femme Fatale(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Knights of the Quest(2001)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Michael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live in Munich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Executive Producer

  • Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Co-Producer

  • Foreign Student(1994)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Nobody's Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Executive Producer

  • Voyage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • The Dove's Lost Necklace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Producer

  • 588 rue Paradis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Producer

  • Mother(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Other (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Headstrong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Producer

  • Young Toscanini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Producer

  • A Boy from Calabria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Associate Producer

  • Pirates(1986)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • A.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 5 episodes · Producer

  • How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave(1984)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Vultures(1984)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Misunderstood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Producer

  • More Beautiful Than Me You Die(1982)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • La traviata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Producer

  • Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ(1982)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)

    Production Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Faut s'les faire !... Ces légionnaires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Executive Producer

  • Quando la coppia scoppia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Producer

  • Shut Up When You Speak!(1981)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Catherine and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Co-Producer

  • Rodriguez au pays des merguez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Executive Producer

  • The Good Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Executive Producer

  • The Day Christ Died(1980)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Monty Python's Life of Brian(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Adolescent(1979)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Sahara Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Delegated Producer

  • Jesus of Nazareth(1977)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Death Rite(1975)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Rush Hour 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Boy with the Pink Pants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • White Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 53 titles, 50 of them dated from 1977 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Equalizer 3 (2023)

$191M worldwide

Highest rated

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

The Equalizer 3 (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing52 of 53: 52 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thOther crew1 of 53: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s4 · crew1980s16 · crew1990s9 · crew2000s12 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1984, Best Foreign Language Film.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Tarak Ben Ammar's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 37; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 39 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned2
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · producer

Mother (1991)

96th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 30 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tarak Ben Ammar's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles37–89 · median 50 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles13–70 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles16–78 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles18–63 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles27–72 · median 49 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Tarak Ben Ammar work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tarak Ben Ammar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Lombardo shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles