Tarak Ben Ammar

International producer who virtually created the Tunisian film industry. Active in Europe and Hollywood.

• Born:
  May 31, 1949 in Tunisia
• Job Titles:
  Producer, Assistant director, Advertising

Education

• Georgetown University, Washington, DC, international finance

Milestones

• 1977 Broke into TV as deputy producer (Tunisia) for NBC miniseries, Jesus of Nazareth
• 1979 Feature debut as executive producer, Monty Python s Life of Brian
• 1980 Production managed Tunisian segments of the CBS TV movie The Day Christ Died
• 1986 Produced Roman Polanski s Pirates
• 1991 Acting debut as himself in the feature, L Envers du decors: portrait de Pierre Guffroy
• 1992 Returned to TV after twelve years to co-produce the NBC mini series, Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel