Luis Llosa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llosaand 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
Notable work	Sniper The Specialist Anaconda

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. ^[1] He is known for his early Peruvian work, English-language exploitation films made for producer Roger Corman, and bigger-budget American films. ^[2] 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, ^[3] but grossed $136 million worldwide ^[4] and became a cult film. ^[5]

He founded Iguana Productions, which produces Peruvian films and telenovelas such as Escándalo, Torbellino and Latin Lover. ^[6]

Personal life

Llosa was born in 1951 in Lima, Peru. ^[7] He is a cousin of Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, ^[8] and his niece is film director Claudia Llosa. ^[9]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer
1987	Hour of the Assassin	Yes	Yes	No
1989	Crime Zone	Yes	Yes	No
1993	Sniper	Yes	No	No
	Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon	Yes	Yes	No
	Fire on the Amazon	Yes	Yes	No
1994	The Specialist	Yes	No	No
1997	Anaconda	Yes	No	No
2005	The Feast of the Goat	Yes	No	Yes
2020	Dueños del Tiempo	Yes	Yes	Yes
2024	Tattoos in Memory	Yes	No	No

References

1. Kellner, Elena (1993-01-28). "ENTERTAINMENT: Singer Guerra Back in Groove After Surgery". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2014-02-14.
2. 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.
3. "1997 Archive". Razzies.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
4. "Anaconda". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2014-02-13.
5. Tobias, Scott (2011-11-10). "Anaconda". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 2014-02-13.
6. Chauvin, Lucien (2001-03-21). "Llosa fast becoming Peruvian go-to guy". Variety . Retrieved 2014-02-13.
7. Estrada, Javier (2006-03-03). "La dictadura de Trujillo se metía hasta en las alcobas". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-13.
8. "Llosas in town to feast on the 'Goat'". Variety . 2006-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
9. "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)