Luis Llosa Urquidi (born 1951) is a Peruvian

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. He is best known for ''

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'', ''

The Specialist ''The Specialist'' is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Eric Roberts, and Rod Steiger. It is loosely based on "The Specialist" series of novels by John Shirley. ...

'', and ''

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''.

Career

Luis Llosa was originally a film critic. He is known for his early Peruvian work, English-language exploitation films made for producer

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, and bigger-budget American films. His best-known film, ''

'', stars

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, and

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. ''Anaconda'' was nominated for multiple

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, including worst director, but grossed $136 million worldwide and became a

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. 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

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, Peru. He is a cousin of Peruvian novelist

Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...

, and his niece is film director

Claudia Llosa Claudia Llosa Bueno (born 15 November 1976) is a Peruvian film director, writer, producer, and author. She is recognized for her Academy-Award-nominated film ''The Milk of Sorrow''. Early life Claudia Llosa was born on November 15, 1976 in Li ...

Filmography

* 1987 ''

Hour of the Assassin ''Hour of the Assassin'' (also known as es, Misión en los Andes) is a 1987 action–drama film starring Erik Estrada, Robert Vaughn, Alfredo Álvarez Calderón, Orlando Sacha, Reynaldo Arenas, and Lourdes Berninzon. The film was directed by ...

'' * 1989 ''

Crime Zone ''Crime Zone'' (also known as ''Calles Peligrossas'' in Peru) is a 1989 American-Peruvian science fiction action film directed by Luis Llosa, written by Daryl Haney and starring David Carradine, Peter Nelson, Sherilyn Fenn, and Michael Shaner. Car ...

'' * 1993 ''

'' * 1993 ''Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon'' * 1993 ''

Fire on the Amazon ''Fire on the Amazon'' is a 1993 American-Peruvian adventure drama film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Craig Sheffer and Sandra Bullock. Plot In Bolivia's Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, t ...

'' * 1994 ''

'' * 1997 ''

'' * 2005 ''

The Feast of the Goat ''The Feast of the Goat'' ( es, La Fiesta del Chivo, 2000) is a novel by the Peruvian Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. The book is set in the Dominican Republic and portrays the assassination of Dominican dictator Rafael Tru ...

References

External links

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Iguana Producciones
Living people Luis, Llosa 1951 births People from Lima {{Peru-film-director-stub