Moustapha Akkad
Moustapha Akkad
Moustapha Al Akkadwas 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 the 2005 Amman bombings...
NationalitySyrian
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth1 July 1930
CountrySyrian Arab Republic
besides personal production values
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.
audiences believed creation four genius halloween season whenever
For four years, we didn't do any 'Halloweens,' ... But I believed in it. It's not a genius creation or anything. But whenever Halloween season comes around audiences want something like this.
million
I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West.
halloween want-something years
For four years, we didn't do any 'Halloweens,' ... But I believed in it. It's not a genius creation or anything. But whenever Halloween season comes around audiences want something like this.
thinking islam littles
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.
religious war messages
If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message.