Ariel Zeitoun is a French director, producer, and screenwriter. Zeitoun started as a producer in 1979 with 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 Golon, which earned him international recognition by the critics and the public alike.