Filmmaker Who Made ‘Innocence of Muslims’ is Finally Identified

Nakaula Basseley  (left)

 

The first photo of the man whom federal authorities blame for making the anti-Muslim movie that incited widespread violence throughout the Middle East and beyond — including the death of a U.S. ambassador — has been released to the public.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says Nakaula Basseley Nakoula — who goes by the name Sam Bacile — made the movie Innocence of Muslims, which mocks the prophet Muhammad and enraged Muslims worldwide. The FBI also accuses the filmmaker of duping a young woman into being into the film who is now living in fear for her life, reports the Daily Mail.

The above photo was obtained by the British publication the Daily Mail showing Nakoula sitting next to one of he film’s stars Anna Gurji. She now says she was tricked into being in the film by Nakoula, 55, and that she was told the movie was about something else entirely.

Nakoula has a complicated and sordid past. First of all, Nakoula is an Egyptian-born Coptic Christian, the Daily Mail reports. He is living in California today, but he is allegedly a convicted drug dealer and conman who was last released from jail in June last year.The film has ignited anti-US clashes from Morocco to Malaysia. At press time, a total of seven people have been killed, thousands injured and last night the rioting had spread from Libya in Northern Africa to Sydney, Australia.