Adrian Politowski (born October 1978) is a 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 (2019–2024). 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.
Personal life 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".
Career 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)."
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.
In 2019, Politowski and Khamlichi co-founded and launched the production company Align, resigned as CEO and sold his remaining stake in Umedia in 2020.
In 2025, Screen revealed that it had raised a new $120M fund to be deployed over coming years in film & tv productions.
Politowski is currently on the board of directors of the gaming/VFX company and tech group Goodbye Kansas since 2022 (publicly traded on NASDAQ First North), is a member of the advisory board of WIFTI (Women in Film and TV International) and is Chairman of Nordic Executive Medicine.
Selected filmography
YearTitle Role Notes Refs |-2008Asterix at the Olympic GamesCo-producer2010Outside the LawCo-producer 2011ArtistCo-producer2011A Monster in ParisCo-producer Erased Producer 2012What's in a Name?Co-producer 2012BlancanievesExecutive producer2013Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock HeartCo-producer 2013Me, Myself and MumCo-producer Grace of Monaco Co-producer 2014La Famille BélierCo-producer 2014Yves Saint-LaurentCo-producer 2017Le BrioCo-producer 2017RevengeCo-producer 2017Journey's EndExecutive Producer 2017What Happened to MondayCo-producer I Kill Giants Producer 2018Swimming with MenExecutive Producer Mandy Producer 2019Guns AkimboExecutive Producer 2019Le Belle EpoqueCo-producer 2019Fisherman's FriendsExecutive Producer 2019Extra OrdinaryExecutive Producer 2019The MustangProducer –2020 My Brilliant Friend Co-producer TV series, seasons 1-2 2020Rogue CityExecutive Producer Blithe Spirit Producer Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Executive Producer 2022Good Luck to You, Leo GrandeProducer2022Little Nicholas: Happy As Can BeProducer2023The Pod GenerationExecutive Producer2023 The Inventor Producer2024Magpie (film)Executive Producer2024Sting (film)Executive Producer2024Kensuke's Kingdom (film)Producer2025JimpaExecutive Producer2025The Thing with Feathers (film)Executive Producer
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