1. Riza Shahriz bin Abdul Aziz was born to Abdul Aziz Nong Chik and Rosmah Mansor in Malaysia.
11 Facts About Riza Aziz
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Riza Aziz's sister, born to Abdul Aziz Nong Chik and Rosmah Mansor, is Azrene.
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In 2010, Riza Aziz co-founded Red Granite Pictures, an American film finance, development, production and distribution company, with producing partner Joey McFarland.
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Riza Aziz served as both a producer and chairman for the independent company and started its slate with the hit romantic comedy, Friends with Kids.
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In 2012, Riza Aziz went on to executive produce the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace, released on December 6,2013.
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Riza Aziz followed up with the highly anticipated film The Wolf of Wall Street, which was released on December 25,2013.
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Also in 2013, Riza Aziz completed production on Horns, a supernatural thriller.
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Riza Aziz co-produced the film Dumb and Dumber To released on November 14,2014.
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Riza Aziz's development slate includes The Brigands of Rattleborge blacklist's number 1 script of 2006, is a western revenge story, and The General a gritty look at the story of George Washington.
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In July 2016, Riza Aziz was named in FBI's 1MDB lawsuit, as tens of millions of dollars in funds diverted from 1MDB were used to produce the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street.
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Riza Aziz has been known as a good friend of Low Taek Jho, who masterminded the 1MDB scandal and acquired assets using monies siphoned from the fund.