Luis Llosa Urquidi (born 1951) is a Peruvian film director. He is best known for his feature films Sniper (1993), The Specialist (1994), and Anaconda (1997).
Career
Luis Llosa was originally a film critic.
He is known for his early Peruvian work, English-language exploitation films made for producer
Roger Corman, and bigger-budget American films.
His best-known film,
Anaconda, stars
Jennifer Lopez,
Ice Cube,
Jon Voight, and
Eric Stoltz.
Anaconda was nominated for multiple
Razzie Awards, including worst director,
but grossed $136 million worldwide
and became a
cult film.
He founded Iguana Productions, which produces Peruvian films and telenovelas such as Escándalo, Torbellino and Latin Lover.
Personal life
Llosa was born in 1951 in
Lima, Peru.
He is a cousin of Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa,
and his niece is film director
Claudia Llosa.
Filmography
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| 1987 | Hour of the Assassin | | | |
| 1989 | Crime Zone | | | |
| 1993 | Sniper | | | |
| Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon | | | |
| Fire on the Amazon | | | |
| 1994 | The Specialist | | | |
| 1997 | Anaconda | | | |
| 2005 | The Feast of the Goat | | | |
| 2020 | Dueños del Tiempo | | | |
| 2024 | Tattoos in Memory | | | |
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