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Peruvian film director (born 1951) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llosa and the second or maternal family name is Urquidi.

Luis Llosa
Llosa at the FIL LIMA in 2024
Born	1951 (age 73–74) Lima, Peru
Occupation(s)	Film director and producer
Known for	Anaconda

Luis Llosa Urquidi (born 1951) is a Peruvian film director. He is best known for his features 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

1987: Hour of the Assassin
1989: Crime Zone
1993: Sniper
1993: Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
1993: Fire on the Amazon
1994: The Specialist
1997: Anaconda
2005: The Feast of the Goat
2024: Tattoos in Memory

References

Kellner, Elena (1993-01-28). "ENTERTAINMENT: Singer Guerra Back in Groove After Surgery". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
Middents, Jeffrey (2009). "Roger Corman Dis/covers Peru". In Ruétalo, Victoria; Tierney, Dolores (eds.). Latsploitation, Latin America, and Exploitation Cinema. Routledge. pp. 55–69. ISBN 9781135848774.
"1997 Archive". Razzies.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
"Anaconda". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
Tobias, Scott (2011-11-10). "Anaconda". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
Chauvin, Lucien (2001-03-21). "Llosa fast becoming Peruvian go-to guy". Variety. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
Estrada, Javier (2006-03-03). "La dictadura de Trujillo se metía hasta en las alcobas". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-13.
"Llosas in town to feast on the 'Goat'". Variety. 2006-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
"Foreign pics play Oscar-nom bingo". Variety. 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2014-02-13.

External links

Luis Llosa at IMDb
Iguana Producciones website at the Wayback Machine (archived December 17, 2014) (in Spanish)

v t e Films directed by Luis Llosa
Hour of the Assassin (1987) Crime Zone (1989) Sniper (1993) Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993) Fire on the Amazon (1993) The Specialist (1994) Anaconda (1997) The Feast of the Goat (2005) Tattoos in Memory (2024)

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