FILM DIRECTOR

Moustapha Akkad

1930 - 2005

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Moustapha al Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد, romanized: Muṣṭafā al-ʿAqqād; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of Halloween films and directing The Message and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Al Akkad Monla in the 2005 Amman bombings. He is also the cousin of television personality star Tareq Salahi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moustapha Akkad is the 156th most popular film director (down from 139th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Syria (down from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Film Director.

Moustapha Akkad is most famous for his work on the movie "The Message."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Moustapha Akkad ranks 156 out of 2,041. Before him are Erich von Stroheim, Masaki Kobayashi, Alexander Dovzhenko, Lasse Hallström, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Marcel Carné. After him are Don Siegel, Abel Gance, Josef von Sternberg, Peter Weir, Lewis Milestone, and Louis Malle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Moustapha Akkad ranks 74. Before him are Johan Galtung, Robert Wagner, Ivan Silayev, William R. Pogue, Mary Quant, and Adunis. After him are Stanley Miller, Gaafar Nimeiry, Sonia Rykiel, Jean Rochefort, Luce Irigaray, and Zhores Alferov. Among people deceased in 2005, Moustapha Akkad ranks 40. Before him are Maria Schell, Philip Johnson, James Callaghan, Max Schmeling, George F. Kennan, and Akira Yoshizawa. After him are Birgit Nilsson, Mary Jackson, Brother Roger, John Fowles, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, and Robert Wise.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Moustapha Akkad ranks 57 out of 210. Before him are Nizar Qabbani (1923), Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882), Adunis (1930), Damascius (480), and Maron (301). After him are Al-Qa'im (893), Thierry, Count of Flanders (1100), Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912), Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (1170), and Tutush I (1066).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Syria

Among film directors born in Syria, Moustapha Akkad ranks 1. 

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