Moustapha Akkad

Director

Date of birth : 07/01/1930

Date of death : 11/11/2005

City of birth : Aleppo, Syria

The creativity of Moustapha Akkad came in such movies as Lion of the Desert (1980) and The Message (1976), where he directed and showed some really creative amazing view on the history of Islam. As an Arabic Muslim it was really hard for him to make it in Hollywood but no one could deny his talent as a director and a producer.