FILM DIRECTOR

Moustapha Akkad

1930 - 2005

Moustapha Akkad

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 721,294 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 Film Director.

Moustapha Akkad is most famous for his work on the movie "The Message."

Memorability Metrics

720k
Page Views (PV)
63.08
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
27
Languages Editions (L)
6.15
Effective Languages (L*)
2.25
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

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.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

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Jiří Menzel
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 125
Peter Greenaway
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 126
Michael Curtiz
1886 - 1962
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 127
Aki Kaurismäki
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 128
John Woo
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 129
Mel Brooks
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 130
Moustapha Akkad
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 131
René Clément
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 132
Claude Lelouch
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 133
D. W. Griffith
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 134
István Szabó
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 135
Andrei Konchalovsky
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 136
Kim Ki-duk
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 137

Contemporaries

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.

Others Born in 1930

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Ali al-Sistani
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 45
Carlos Kleiber
1930 - 2004
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 46
Yves Chauvin
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 47
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
1930 - 2017
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 48
Gylmar dos Santos Neves
1930 - 2013
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 49
Adunis
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 50
Moustapha Akkad
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 51
Armin Mueller-Stahl
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 52
Reinhard Selten
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 53
David Dacko
1930 - 2003
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 54
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen
1930 - 2012
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 55
Gena Rowlands
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 56
Jerome Isaac Friedman
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 57