Adrian Politowski
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Adrian Politowski né Murshid[1] (born October 1978)[2] is a BAFTA-nominated[3] Swedish film producer, fund manager, and entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CEO of Umedia (formerly Motion Investment Group) from 2004 to 2019.[4] He currently is the CEO of the production and financing group Align that he co-founded. His career is focused on three areas:
- Film & TV production (with over 400 projects credited as producer)[4]
- Finance (with over $630M raised and deployed in media financing)[4]
- Entrepreneurship as a founder of Umedia and Align, as well as board of director member of Goodbye Kansas Group (listed at NASDAQ First North)[5] and the health-tech startup Nordic Executive Medicine.[6]
Adrian Politowski | |
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Born | Adrian Murshid October 1978 (age 45) Stockholm, Sweden |
Alma mater | Oxford University |
Occupation(s) | Film producer, Entrepreneur |
Years active | 2004–present |
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Spouse | Nadia Khamlichi (divorced) |
Partner | Amanda Gyllensparv (2020-present) |
Children | 1 |
He has produced and financed films such as the Academy Awards winner The Artist (2011),[7] Good Luck to You, Leo Grande[8] (2022) (Four-time nominated at BAFTA and premiered at Sundance Film 2022), Grace of Monaco (2014) starring Nicole Kidman,[9] (Official Selection and opening film of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival), Mandy (2018) starring Nicolas Cage that premiered on Sundance Film Festival 2018,[10] Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) starring Samuel L Jackson, Michael Cera and Ricky Gervais,[11] animation feature Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be (2022).[12] that premièred as the Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival 2022,[13] won the Cristal Award at Annecy Animation Film Festival,[14] and was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Independent Feature Film[15] and The Pod Generation (2023)[16] starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor and premiered in Sundance Film Festival (2023).[17] He also produced the HBO TV series My Brilliant Friend.