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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.
Moustapha Akkad. Producer: The Message. Syrian-American Moustapha Akkad produced a series of "Halloween" movies but it was The Lion of the Desert (1980) and The Message (1976), on the history of Islam, into which he poured his heart.
Nov 12, 2005 · Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born filmmaker who produced the ''Halloween'' horror movie franchise, died Friday of wounds sustained in the triple hotel bombings in Jordan.
Moustapha Akkad. Producer: The Message. The creativity of Moustapha Akkad came in such movies as The Lion of the Desert (1980) and The Message (1976), where he directed and showed some really creative amazing view on the history of Islam.
Nov 12, 2005 · Within Hollywood, Moustapha Akkad was the little-known producer of the “Halloween” horror movie series. But within the Arab American world, he was the famous filmmaker whose...
Aug 7, 2016 · In 1962, a Syrian-born Hollywood filmmaker named Moustapha Akkad watched the epic film Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean. Akkad was riveted as he watched a scene in which actor...
Oct 18, 2018 · Akkad was a Syrian film producer and director who was heavily involved in the Halloween franchise. He acted as executive producer (a role for which he was uncredited on the...
Jan 1, 2006 · The "duality" of Moustapha Akkad finally came together in one freakish finale at the Amman Radisson. But he'd encountered terrorism once before, nearly thirty years earlier.
Moustapha Akkad (also Mustafa) was one of the few Syrians to reach international stardom as a producer and director in Hollywood from the 1970s until his death in a terrorist bombing in Amman, Jordan in 2005.
Nov 11, 2005 · AMMAN, Jordan – Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born filmmaker and producer of the “Halloween” horror movie franchise, died Friday from wounds sustained in the triple hotel bombings in Jordan.
