Adrian Politowski
Adrian Politowski né Murshid (born October 1978) is a BAFTA-nominated Swedish film producer, fund manager, and entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CEO of Umedia (formerly Motion Investment Group) from 2004 to 2019. 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)
- Finance (with over $630M raised and deployed in media financing)
- Entrepreneurship as a founder of Umedia and Align, as well as board of director member of Goodbye Kansas Group (listed at NASDAQ First North) and the health-tech startup Nordic Executive Medicine.
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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), Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) (Four-time nominated at BAFTA and premiered at Sundance Film 2022), Grace of Monaco (2014) starring Nicole Kidman, (Official Selection and opening film of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival), Mandy (2018) starring Nicolas Cage that premiered on Sundance Film Festival 2018, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) starring Samuel L Jackson, Michael Cera and Ricky Gervais, animation feature Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be (2022). that premièred as the Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival 2022, won the Cristal Award at Annecy Animation Film Festival, and was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Independent Feature Film and The Pod Generation (2023) starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor and premiered in Sundance Film Festival (2023). He also produced the HBO TV series My Brilliant Friend.