1930 - 2005
Moustapha Al Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد; 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moustapha Akkad has received more than 779,074 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Moustapha Akkad is the 131st most popular film director (down from 127th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Syria and the most popular Syrian Film Director.
Moustapha Akkad is most famous for his work on the movie "The Message."
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Among film directors, Moustapha Akkad ranks 131 out of 1,581. Before him are Jiří Menzel, Peter Greenaway, Michael Curtiz, Aki Kaurismäki, John Woo, and Mel Brooks. After him are René Clément, Claude Lelouch, D. W. Griffith, István Szabó, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Kim Ki-duk.
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 126
1886 - 1962
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 127
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 128
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 129
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 130
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 131
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 132
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 133
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 134
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 135
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 136
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 137
Among people born in 1930, Moustapha Akkad ranks 51. Before him are Ali al-Sistani, Carlos Kleiber, Yves Chauvin, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, and Adunis. After him are Armin Mueller-Stahl, Reinhard Selten, David Dacko, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Gena Rowlands, and Jerome Isaac Friedman. Among people deceased in 2005, Moustapha Akkad ranks 33. Before him are Ernst Mayr, Ezer Weizman, Milton Obote, George F. Kennan, Maria Schell, and Max Schmeling. After him are Anne Bancroft, Joseph Rotblat, Ibrahim Ferrer, George Dantzig, Lucien Laurent, and Robert Wise.
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 45
1930 - 2004
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 46
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 47
1930 - 2017
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 48
1930 - 2013
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 49
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 50
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 51
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 52
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 53
1930 - 2003
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 54
1930 - 2012
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 55
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 56
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 57
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 27
1924 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 28
1925 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 29
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 30
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 31
1905 - 2005
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 32
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 33
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 34
1908 - 2005
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 35
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 36
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 37
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 38
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 39
Among people born in Syria, Moustapha Akkad ranks 33 out of 181. Before him are Antiochus II Theos (-286), Avidius Cassius (130), Yazid II (687), Émile Benveniste (1902), Romanos the Melodist (490), and Adunis (1930). After him are Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Julia Maesa (165), Odaenathus (220), Yazid III (701), Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (700), and Nicolaus of Damascus (-64).
286 BC - 246 BC
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 27
130 - 175
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 28
687 - 724
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 29
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 30
490 - 556
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 31
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 32
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 33
250 - 400
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 34
165 - 224
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 35
220 - 267
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 36
701 - 744
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 37
700 - 750
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 38
64 BC - 4
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 39
Among film directors born in Syria, Moustapha Akkad ranks 1.