Moustapha Akkad

Moustapha Akkad was born on Jul 01, 1930 in Syria. Moustapha Akkad's big-screen debut came with The Message directed by Moustapha Akkad in 1976. Moustapha Akkad is known for The Lion of the Desert directed by Moustapha Akkad, Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar and Oliver Reed as Gen. Rodolfo Graziani. The upcoming new movie Moustapha Akkad plays is Halloween: Resurrection which will be released on Jul 12, 2002.

The creativity of Moustapha Akkad came in such movies as Le Lion du désert (1980) and Le message (1976), where he directed and showed some really creative amazing view on the history of Islam. As an Arabic Muslim it was really hard for him to make it in Hollywood but no one could deny his talent as a director and a producer.