Name
Moustapha Akkad
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1930-07-01
Deathday
2005-11-11 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Aleppo, Syria
Biography
Moustapha Akkad (July 1, 1930 - November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American director and producer. Akkad arrived in the United States with only $200, to pursue studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and then at the University of Southern California, where he earned a master's degree in film. His determination and talent attracted the attention of director Sam Peckinpah, who became his mentor and facilitated his professional debut as a producer at CBS, paving the way for a remarkable and socially engaged career.
Akkad is famous for producing the legendary "Halloween" horror film saga. Starting with Halloween (1978), he revolutionized the slasher genre in the United States and left a lasting mark on popular culture with the character of Michael Myers. He produced most of the sequels, for a total of eight films, expanding the legend of the psychopathic killer and cementing his name in the history of genre cinema.
Known For
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After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psyc...
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Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Stro...
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Reality programmers at DangerTainment select a group of thrill-seeking teenagers to spend ...
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After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his sma...
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Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve ...
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Six years after being presumed dead in a fire, and just as the town prepares to finally ce...
- 2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self
- 1976 The Making of an Epic: Mohammad, Messenger of God as Himself
- 1999 Halloween: Unmasked as Self
- 2001 Halloween 4: Final Cut
- 2006 Halloween: 25 Years of Terror as Self
