Moustapha Akkad

Film director

1930 – 2005

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Who was Moustapha Akkad?

Moustapha Akkad was a Syrian American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of Halloween films and directing Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Akkad Monla in 2005 in Amman, Jordan by a suicide bomber.

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Born
Jul 1, 1930
Aleppo
Also known as
  • مصطفى العقاد‎
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Children
Religion
  • Islam
Ethnicity
  • Syrian American
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Syria
Profession
Education
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of Southern California
Died
Nov 11, 2005
Amman

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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