Ariel Zeitoun

{{Short description|French film producer, director, and screenwriter}} {{Infobox person |name=Ariel Zeitoun |image=Ariel Zeitoun 20071031 Fnac 1.jpg |caption=Ariel Zeitoun in 2007 |birth_name= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1949|9|26|df=yes}} |birth_place=Tunisia |occupation=Filmmaker }}

'''Ariel Zeitoun''' (born 26 September 1949) is a French filmmaker.

Zeitoun started as a producer in 1979 with ''{{ill|L'école est finie (1979 film)|fr|L'école est finie (film, 1979)|lt=L'école est finie}}''. Later, he wrote the script for and directed ''Souvenirs, Souvenirs''.

In 2013 Zeitoun directed the historical drama ''Angélique'', loosely based on the book of ''Angélique, the Marquise of the Angels'' by Anne and Serge Golon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2776074/externalreviews?ref_=tt_ql_op_5|title=Angélique (2013)}}</ref>

== Filmography == * 1984: ''Souvenirs, Souvenirs'' * 1987: {{ill|Saxo (film)|fr|Saxo (film)|lt=Saxo}} * 1988: ''L'enfance de l'art'' (producer) * 1990: ''Baby Blood'' (producer) * 1993: ''{{ill|Le Nombril du monde|fr}}'' * 1997: ''{{ill|Une femme très très très amoureuse|fr}}'' * 1997: ''XXL'' * 1998: ''Bimboland'' * 2001: ''Yamakasi'' * 2007: ''{{ill|Le Dernier Gang|fr}}'' * 2013: ''Angélique'' * 2018: ''Kursk'' (producer)

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== External links == {{Commons category-inline}} *{{IMDb name|0954437|Ariel Zeitoun}} *{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne.html?cpersonne=8053 bio at AlloCiné]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zeitoun, Ariel}} Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:French film directors Category:French comedy film directors Category:French Jews Category:Tunisian Jews Category:French people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Category:Tunisian emigrants to France