Moustapha Al Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد; 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 Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Al Akkad Monla in 2005 in Amman, Jordan by a suicide bomber.
University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California
Spouse
Susha Ascha Akkad (m. ?–2005), Patricia Akkad
Children
Malek Akkad, Rima Akkad Monla, Tarik Akkad, Zaid Akkad
Movies
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Free Ride, Appointment with Fear, Lion of the Desert, The Message, Arrissala
Star Sign
Cancer
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Trademark
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Is known as the grandfather of the Halloween movies
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Quote
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[about The Message (1977)] I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama. Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the West I felt that it was my obligation, my duty, to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700-million following, yet it's so little known about it, which surprised me. I thought I should tell the story that will bring this bridge, this gap to the West.
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Fact
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Moustafa was killed when a suicide bomber targeted a hotel in Jordan. His daughter was also killed. [November 2005]
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Currently in Pre-Production of Halloween 9 [November 2003]
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Jordan, was announced in a press conference to be the chosen location for his new long awaited epic about Saladdin. [December 2004]
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His daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, was also killed in the terrorist bombing.
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For more than a decade, he has been trying to find sponsors for an epic movie about Saladin.
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He had three children with his first wife, Patricia: son, Malek Akkad'; daughter, Rima Akkad Monla; and son, Taric Akkad. He also had a son, Zaid with his second wife, Suha.
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He is the only production participant from the first Halloween film to be credited in every subsequent Halloween sequel.
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Left home at 19 to study theatre arts at UCLA and received his masters from USC.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Halloween: Resurrection
2002
executive producer
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
executive producer
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
executive producer
Halloween 5
1989
executive producer
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
executive producer
Free Ride
1986
executive producer
Appointment with Fear
1985
executive producer
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
executive producer - uncredited
Halloween II
1981
executive producer - uncredited
Lion of the Desert
1980
producer
Halloween
1978
executive producer - uncredited
Al-risâlah
1976
producer
The Message
1976
producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lion of the Desert
1980
Al-risâlah
1976
The Message
1976
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Halloween: Resurrection
2002
presenter
Halloween 5
1989
presenter
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest
2003
TV Movie documentary still photographer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Halloween Existence
2012
Short dedicated to the memory of
The Shadow of October
2012
Short dedicatee
Halloween
2007
in memory of
Halloween 4: Final Cut
2001
Video documentary short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006
Video documentary
Himself
'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Halloween: Resurrected
2002
Video short
Himself
Halloween 4: Final Cut
2001
Video documentary short
Himself
Inside 'Halloween 5'
2000
Video documentary short
Himself
'Halloween' Unmasked 2000
1999
Video documentary
Himself
The Making of Lion of the Desert
1981
Documentary short
Himself
The Making of an Epic: Mohammad Messenger of God
1976
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
Documentary
Himself
The 78th Annual Academy Awards
2006
TV Special
Himself - Memorial sequence
Known for movies
The Message (1976) as Producer
Lion of the Desert (1980) as Producer
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) as Producer
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) as Producer
$12 Million
