Tarak Ben Ammar

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Tarak Ben Ammar (Arabic:طارق بن عمّار) (born on June 12, 1949 in Tunis, Tunisia) is an international movie producer and distributor, famous in taking interest in artistic movies, especially when they are related to Mediterranean culture or require North African settings during shooting.

He become 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, sometimes against another guest of Jewish descent like Elie Chouraqui. He is also known to be the advisor of international investor Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, and French Businessman Vincent Bolloré.

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