Luis Llosa

Director · Born January 1, 1951 · Lima, Peru

Biography

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 highly regarded "The Gold of the Incas". He is the cousin of Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, whose novel was adapted into Luis's film The Feast of the Goat (2005).

Directed 14

2020s

2024
Owners of Time
Director
Tattoos in Memory
Director

2000s

2006
The Feast of the Goat
Director

1990s

1997
Anaconda
Director
46
1994
The Specialist
Director
45
1993
Fire on the Amazon
Director
35
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
Director
Sniper
Director
53
The Avenging Angel: Caligula
Director

1980s

1988
Crime Zone
Director
44
1987
Hour of the Assassin
Director
1983
Gamboa
Director
1980
Aventuras Prohibidas
Director

No release date

Carmín
Director

Produced 10

2010s

2017
Death Race 2050
Associate Producer
39

1990s

1994
Watchers III
Producer
37
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
Producer
1993
Fire on the Amazon
Producer
35
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
Producer
1991
To Die Standing
Producer
1990
Ultra Warrior
Producer

1980s

1989
Welcome to Oblivion
Producer
1988
Crime Zone
Producer
44
1987
Hour of the Assassin
Producer

Wrote 3

2020s

2024
Owners of Time
Writer

2000s

2006
The Feast of the Goat
Screenplay

1990s

1993
The Avenging Angel: Caligula
Writer

Created 2

2010s

2013
11-11: In My Block Nothing Matches
Creator

1990s

1993
The Avenging Angel: Caligula
Creator