TARAK BEN AMMAR (Producer) was appointed advisor to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in 2001 for the Middle East and North Africa. His friendship with the Prime Minister dates back to 1983 when the two became partners, and in 1989 they formed Paris-based production and distribution company Quinta Communications, S.A. In 1991 Leo Kirch joined the company, which distributes the KirchMedia and Mediaset catalogues in France.

Since 1995, Ben Ammar has overseen media investments for Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Company, including News Corp, KirchMedia and Mediaset and he launched Italian broadcast outlets R.A.I. and A.R.T. in North and South America, in association with Prince Alwaleed. Additionally, Ben Ammar structured the $1-billion Project Wave, in which the prince, KirchMedia and Nethold acquired minority stakes in Mediaset. In 1998, he assisted Rupert Murdoch's re-acquisition of MCI and subsequently became advisor for Murdoch's European investments, serving as architect of his B Sky B interest in KirchMedia's Pay TV "Premiere." He orchestrated Project Traviata, in which Mediaset and Prince Alwaleed joined KirchMedia in creating the largest pan-European television network. In 2001, Ben Ammar represented News Corp in its 50% acquisition of Italian digital platform Stream from Telecom Italia and subsequently structured the merger between News Corp's Stream and Vivendi's Telepic.

Quinta co-produced, with Ettore Bernabei's LUX, 24 episodes of the Bible TV series. In the past two years, in association with KirchMedia and Mediaset, Quinta has produced and financed a growing number of major U.S. motion pictures.

In 1997, Quinta managed and produced Michael Jackson's international "History" concert tour and produced his multi-platinum album, "Blood on the Dance Floor."

Ben Ammar was an executive producer on the recently released action adventure Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever, starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu. He began his career as a film producer providing production services for more than 60 films in his native Tunisia, including Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark. He built the first film studios in Tunisia and produced Franco Zefferelli's La Traviata and Tosca as well as Roman Polanski's Pirates. Ben Ammar's Carthago Films is one of the largest independently owned French libraries with more than 100 titles.

Ben Ammar was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in 1984 by President Mitterand for his cultural contributions. An alumnus of Georgetown University, Ben Ammar speaks five languages fluently and currently lives in Paris.