@M_AlTurki @dubaifilm Saudi born Hollywood Film Producer Mohammed Al Turki to attend Dubai International Film Festival

Saudi born Hollywood Film Producer Mohammed Al Turki to attend Dubai International Film Festival

With the 10th Annual Dubai International Film Festival just around the corner, movies stars, directors and producers from around the world will be descending on the buzzing city of Dubai for the festivities.  Having been asked for the second time by DIFF to attend the festival, Mohammed Al Turki is the epitome of a success story out of the region, having worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest names including Richard Gere, Emma Roberts, Zac Effron, and the list goes on! During his stay he will also be giving a talk as a part of DIFF on December 9th around the topic “Finance Your Film”.

About Mohammed Al Turki

Film producer, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Mohammed Al Turki was born in Saudi Arabia on 3rd July 1986. He has successfully bridged the gap between the East and West through his considerable presence in Hollywood. His lifelong passion for film, coupled with his academic achievements in media studies during his education in London, drove Mohammed's determination to break the US movie industry as a producer. 
Mohammed has produced 9 movies till date, which include the well known ‘What Maisie Knew’, ‘Arbitrage’, ‘Adult World’, and ‘Desert Dancer.’

Moved by Steven Speilberg’s ‘Schindler’s List’, Mohammed was inspired to create work of the same stature and “make a name for himself.” Role models such as Fellini and Hitchcock, and their respective films ‘La Dolce Vita’ and ‘Strangers On A Train’ lay the foundations for Mohammed’s passion for making movies. Anthony Minghella and Pedro Almodovar were also greatly admired by Mohammed. This passion for producing movies materialised when he was approached by a director friend Zeina Durra to produce her script for ‘The Imperalists Are Still Alive.’ The movie was launched at Sundance in 2010 and the immense success of the movie was the launchpad for Mohammed Al Turki as a producer. Shortly after Mohammed executive produced the $22 milion box office grossing ‘Arbitrage’, starring Richard Gere. The movie then went on to gross another $11 million.

Al Turki follows up the success of these movies with a collaboration with Turen’s Treehouse Pictures, producing Ramin Bahrani’s Zac Efron starrer ‘At Any Price’ which was released April 2012 by Sony Classics in the United States (Roger Ebert called the film ‘A Milestone’), and also ‘Adult World’ starring Emma Roberts and John Cusack.

Mohammed is a dedicated supporter of a number of international charities including those started and managed by his father Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Turki, in his home country of Saudi Arabia which include the Saudi Cancer Foundation, the Saudi Charitable Foundation for Promoting Organ Donation and The Saudi Annual Charity run to name a few. Mohammed actively supports  the Elton John AIDS Foundation, AmfAR and Cinema for Peace with J/P Haiti Relief Organization with Sean Penn, which recently raised $5 million in two hours.

Al Turki will also soon be launching his film fund RAV Raw Artist Vision with Producing Partner Arcadiy Golubovich who produced Oscar winner Paul Haggis's new film ‘Third Person’ starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Adrian Brody, Kim Basinger and Olivia Wilde. Together, they aim to produce up to 5 movies a year for the next 5 years.