A boyish 43 years old, Iftikar Ahmed ticked every box of the immigrant success story, going from Harvard Business School to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and then landing as a partner at one of the ...

Ahmed’s parents left Helwan, Egypt for Riverside in 1970 when he was one month old. His father pumped gas at Shell for $1.75 an hour, eventually purchasing the station.

The ethos Ahmed mentions is a filmmaker-first approach, with an emphasis on “creating bold, character-driven stories that stretch culture.” Ahmed founded Left Handed Films in 2019, naming the ...