Riza Aziz is a Malaysian film producer and the co-founder of Red Granite Pictures, a Los Angeles-based film production company. Riza was born in Malaysia Riza Shahriz Bin Abdul Aziz. His parents Abdul Aziz Nong Chik and Rosmah Mansor. His mother married politician Najib Razak (who would later serve as Prime Minister of Malaysia) in 1987, making Riza Najib's step-son by marriage. In 2010, with producing partner Joey McFarland, Riza co-founded Red Granite Pictures, an American film finance, development, production and distribution company. Aziz serves as both a producer and Chairman for the independent company and started its slate with the hit romantic comedy, Friends with Kids. 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. Scott Cooper of Crazy Heart directed the feature which was released on December 6, 2013. Riza followed up Out of the Furnace with the highly anticipated film The Wolf of Wall Street. The film starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Jonah Hill, and was directed by Martin Scorsese. The film was released on December 25, 2013. Also in 2013, Riza completed production on Horns, a supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple and directed by Alexandre Aja. The film is based on the best-selling novel by Joe Hill and was released in 2014 by Dimension-RADiUS. 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. Red Granite Pictures co-produced and co-financed the film, which Paramount Pictures distributed worldwide.

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