On 20 July 2016, Riza Aziz was named in FBI's 1MDB lawsuit. Main article: 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandalĪs of September 2015 the US Department of Justice was investigating property transactions carried out by Riza, related to the role of Najib Razak, in 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal in Malaysia. His mother married politician Najib Razak (who would later serve as Prime Minister of Malaysia) in 1987, making him Najib Razak's stepson. Riza was born to Abdul Aziz Nong Chik and Rosmah Mansor in Malaysia. In 2011, Variety named Riza to their list of Top 10 Producers to Watch. The Brigands of Rattleborge, blacklist's number 1 script of 2006, is a western revenge story and The General is a gritty look at the story of George Washington. Riza's development slate includes The Brigands of Rattleborge and The General. Red Granite Pictures co-produced and co-financed the film, which Paramount Pictures distributed worldwide. Paramount Pictures and Riza's production company Red Granite Pictures in association with Gary Sanchez Productions also produced the Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy's Home. The film features Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprising their roles, Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, and was released on Novemby Universal Pictures and opened number one at the box office. Riza is also a producer on the sequel Dumb and Dumber To, directed by Pete and Bobby Farrelly.
The film is based on the best-selling novel by Joe Hill and was released in 2014 by Dimension-RADiUS. The Wolf of Wall Street has achieved tremendous box office success and critical acclaim - including a Golden Globe win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy for star Leonardo DiCaprio and five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.Īlso in 2013, Riza completed production on Horns, a supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple and directed by Alexandre Aja. The film is banned in his native country, Malaysia. The film was released on December 25, 2013. The film starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Jonah Hill, and was directed by Martin Scorsese. The Wolf of Wall Street is based upon Jordan Belfort's best-selling novel of the same name and was adapted into a screenplay by Terence Winter. Riza followed up Out of the Furnace with the highly anticipated film The Wolf of Wall Street. Scott Cooper of Crazy Heart directed the feature which was released on December 6, 2013. In 2012, following the success of Friends With Kids, Riza went on to executive produce the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace, starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, and Forest Whitaker. Aziz serves as both a producer and Chairman for the independent company and started its slate with the hit romantic comedy, Friends with Kids Written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, Friends With Kids also stars John Hamm, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd. In 2010, with producing partner Joey McFarland, Riza co-founded Red Granite Pictures, an American film finance, development, production and distribution company. He worked with the management consultants KPMG for two years till 2002 and then at HSBC London from 2005 until the financial crash in 2008. Riza holds a BS degree in Government & Economics and an MS in Politics from the London School of Economics.
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