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Luis Llosa
Director 75 years old

Luis Llosa

Lima, Peru

Luis Llosa Urquidi (born 1951) is a Peruvian film director. He is best known for his American feature films Sniper (1993), The Specialist (1994), and Anaconda (1997). Llosa began as a film critic and segued into producing and directing made-for-TV documentaries, including the... Read full bio →

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5 titles
Anaconda

Anaconda

Luis Llosa 1997 1h 30m 4.2

A 'National Geographic' film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest — and deadliest — snake.

The Specialist

The Specialist

Luis Llosa 1994 1h 50m 5.1

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

Sniper

Sniper

Luis Llosa 1993 1h 38m 5.3

Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by crack marksman Richard Miller.

Fire on the Amazon

Fire on the Amazon

Luis Llosa 1993 1h 18m 4.0

Deforestation of the Amazon is forcing indigenous Indians away, so few men can profit from cattle. Opposition gets killed. A US photojournalist tries to investigate. Activist Alyssa helps him.

Crime Zone

Crime Zone

Luis Llosa 1988 1h 36m

In a post-nuclear future, crime has been eliminated in the city of Soleil through a strict class structure imposed upon the population. Two illegal young lovers are enticed into becoming criminals by a shady guy who promises them a way out of the city so they can continue their lives in peace.

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