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Adrian Politowski

Adrian Politowski

Known For Production
Birthday Oct 08, 1978 (46)
Birthplace Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Popularity 1.0 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Aug 09, 2025
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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 from 2004 to 2019. He currently is the Executive Chairman of the production and financing group Align that he co-founded and ran as CEO (20 ... 19-2024). His career is focused on three areas: Entrepreneurship as a co-founder and CEO of both 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; Media with 500 film & TV productions credited as producer; Finance with €650M ($730M) raised, managed and deployed in media financing. He has produced and financed films such as the five-time 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. Politowski was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His birth name is Murshid, and he is of Polish and Bangladeshi descent. On the paternal side, he is the grandson of Nurjahan Murshid and Khan Sarwar Murshid. On the maternal side, he is the grandson of Mieczyslaw Politowski. Politowski attended Oxford University / Somerville College from 1996, receiving a Master of Engineering in 2000 (First Class). Staying on at University of Oxford (St. Peter's College), he obtained his second Master's aged 23 - a Master of Philosophy in Economics in 2002. Politowski married fellow producer Nadia Khamlichi. Together with his ex-wife, they have one son, born 2012. Adrian is currently with Swedish model/influencer Amanda Gyllensparv. He "currently splits his time between Los Angeles, Brussels and Stockholm". Politowski and his partners Nadia Khamlichi (his ex-wife) and Jeremy Burdek founded Motion Investment Group in 2004 in Brussels, Belgium. In 2010, the group rebranded as Umedia (formerly stylized uMedia), with business divisions of "uFund (fundraising), uFilm (production and investment), uDream (distribution) and uFX (visual effects)." In 2019, Politowski and Khamlichi co-founded and launched the production company Align Pictures, resigned as CEO and sold his remaining stake in Umedia in 2020. At his departure from Umedia, the group had grown into a $100M+ turnover international production group with 200 staff. From 2004 onto 2020, it had raised and financed over $630M, produced over 400films and its VFX division has grown into the largest in Benelux. ... Source: Article "Adrian Politowski" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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10 Lives

10 Lives

2024

Producer

Sting

Sting

2024

Executive Producer

Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

2024

Producer

The Pod Generation

The Pod Generation

2023

Executive Producer

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

2023

Producer

The Inventor

The Inventor

2023

Producer

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022

Executive Producer

Die in a Gunfight

Die in a Gunfight

2021

Producer

To Olivia

To Olivia

2021

Executive Producer

Mortal

Mortal

2020

Associate Producer

Guns Akimbo

Guns Akimbo

2020

Executive Producer

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

2020

Producer

A Girl From Mogadishu

A Girl From Mogadishu

2019

Producer

Extra Ordinary

Extra Ordinary

2019

Executive Producer

Last Breath

Last Breath

2019

Co-Producer

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

2019

Executive Producer

The Aspern Papers

The Aspern Papers

2019

Executive Producer

Backdraft 2

Backdraft 2

2019

Co-Producer

The Mustang

The Mustang

2019

Co-Producer

Fisherman's Friends

Fisherman's Friends

2019

Executive Producer

Teen Spirit

Teen Spirit

2019

Associate Producer

Play or Die

Play or Die

2019

Producer

Patrick

Patrick

2018

Co-Producer

Citizen Lane

Citizen Lane

2018

Executive Producer

Swimming with Men

Swimming with Men

2018

Executive Producer

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

2018

Executive Producer

Another Day of Life

Another Day of Life

2018

Executive Producer

Mandy

Mandy

2018

Producer

Viking Destiny

Viking Destiny

2018

Executive Producer

Black '47

Black '47

2018

Co-Producer

Hostile

Hostile

2018

Producer

Where Hands Touch

Where Hands Touch

2018

Producer

A Bluebird in My Heart

A Bluebird in My Heart

2018

Producer

Intrigo: Death of an Author

Intrigo: Death of an Author

2018

Executive Producer

Burn Out

Burn Out

2018

Producer

The Red Collar

The Red Collar

2018

Producer

Revenge

Revenge

2018

Co-Producer

Journey's End

Journey's End

2017

Executive Producer

Submergence

Submergence

2017

Co-Producer

Love Blossoms

Love Blossoms

2017

Producer

Overdrive

Overdrive

2017

Co-Producer

What Happened to Monday

What Happened to Monday

2017

Co-Producer

The Exception

The Exception

2017

Co-Producer

I Kill Giants

I Kill Giants

2017

Producer

Deep

Deep

2017

Producer

Le Brio

Le Brio

2017

Co-Producer

Divorce French Style

Divorce French Style

2016

Producer

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

2015

Executive Producer

The Rezort

The Rezort

2015

Executive Producer

Escobar: Paradise Lost

Escobar: Paradise Lost

2014

Producer

Sœur Oyo

Sœur Oyo

2014

Producer

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

2014

Executive Producer

Mia

Mia

2014

Producer

Win Win

Win Win

2013

Producer

Chez Nous

Chez Nous

2013

Executive Producer

Intus

Intus

2013

Producer

The House of Magic

The House of Magic

2013

Producer

The Numbers Station

The Numbers Station

2013

Executive Producer

Electric Indigo

Electric Indigo

2013

Producer

Erased

Erased

2012

Producer

Rondo

Rondo

2012

Producer

The Hot Potato

The Hot Potato

2011

Executive Producer

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

2011

Producer

Little Glory

Little Glory

2011

Producer

The Artist

The Artist

2011

Co-Producer

War of the Buttons

War of the Buttons

2011

Producer

Devil's Playground

Devil's Playground

2010

Executive Producer

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

2010

Executive Producer

Jackboots on Whitehall

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010

Executive Producer

Book of Blood

Book of Blood

2009

Executive Producer

Dread

Dread

2009

Executive Producer

Surviving Evil

Surviving Evil

2009

Executive Producer

Within the Whirlwind

Within the Whirlwind

2009

Executive Producer

The Vintner's Luck

The Vintner's Luck

2009

Executive Producer

Leningrad

Leningrad

2009

Executive Producer

Vinyan

Vinyan

2008

Executive Producer

Julia

Julia

2008

Executive Producer

Fly Me to the Moon

Fly Me to the Moon

2008

Executive Producer

Eichmann

Eichmann

2007

Executive Producer

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

2007

Producer

Ruby Blue

Ruby Blue

2007

Producer

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