Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (died 2005)

Moustapha Akkad

Syrian director (1930–2005)

Moustapha al Akkad 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…