Riza Aziz

Riza Aziz is a figure I regard with mixed fascination. Born in Miri, Sarawak, he co-founded Red Granite Pictures, a Los Angeles production house, which takes genuine ambition for a Malaysian to pull off. But the company's story is bound up with the 1MDB scandal: in 2016 the FBI named him in its lawsuit over diverted funds used to produce The Wolf of Wall Street, and in 2019 he was arrested in Malaysia on money laundering charges, later discharged in 2020 without an acquittal. He is also the stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak.

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Name (English)

Riza Aziz

Name (Japanese)

リザ・アジズ

Reading

りざ・あじず

Origin

Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia

Occupation

film producer

• Official sitehttp://www.rizaaziz.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riza%20Aziz
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16204335

Tags

• Sarawak
• film producer

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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