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Luis Llosa

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Luis Llosa

Born January 1, 1951 in Lima, Peru13 films

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).

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Sniper posterFirst watchSniper19936.2Tough guy Thomas Beckett is a US Marine working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills.View film

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13 films as director
  1. 2024Owners of TimeDirector
  2. 2024Tattoos in MemoryDirector
  3. 2006The Feast of the GoatDirector
  4. 1997AnacondaDirector
  5. 1994The SpecialistDirector
  6. 1993Fire on the AmazonDirector
  7. 1993Eight Hundred Leagues Down the AmazonDirector
  8. 1993SniperDirector
  9. 1988Crime ZoneDirector
  10. 1987Hour of the AssassinDirector
  11. 1980Aventuras ProhibidasDirector
  12. 1979Día Domingo 1956Director
  13. 1974Visita a SzysloDirector