Ariel Zeitoun is a French writer, director and producer. He entered the industry in 1979 as a producer with Lecole est finie. Over the years he has produced movies like At First Sight (1983), The Wounded Man (1983), Baxter (1989), La fille des collines (1990), Lacenaire (1990), Gangsters (2002), Father and Sons (2003), Other Worlds (2004), Bandidas (2006), Colombiana (2011), Operacion E (2012), Heartstrings (2016) and Miss Sloane (2016). Zeitoun made his directorial debut in 1984 with Souvenirs, Souvenirs. His other directorial works include Le nombril du monde (1993), Yamakasi (2001), The Last Gang (2007) and Angelique (2013).