The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Syria
This page contains a list of the greatest Syrian Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 1 of which were born in Syria. This makes Syria the birth place of the 71st most number of Film Directors behind Colombia, and Lebanon.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Syrian Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Syrian Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Moustapha Akkad (1930 - 2005)
With an HPI of 68.29, Moustapha Akkad is the most famous Syrian Film Director. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Moustapha al Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد, romanized: Muṣṭafā al-ʿAqqād; 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 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 the cousin to television personality star Tareq Salahi.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Syrian film directors born between 1930 and 1930. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Syrian film directors include Moustapha Akkad.
